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Medical Professional Liability State Profile:

Virginia

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CME Requirements

Credit Amount
Virginia requires 60 CME course hours per licensure period. There are no requirements for first time renewals.

Licensure Cycle
Biennial and expires on the last day of the licensee's birth month.

Topics
All 60 CME hours may be type 1 hours, no more than 30 type 2 hours are allowed. Licensees regardless of specialty must complete 2 hours of a type 1 controlled substance course. Roughly 50 CME credits can be taken on any topic area.


The Virginia CME requirements listed above were accurate when posted. CME state requirements change frequently. Certain states might have modified their licensure requirements due to COVID-19. Physicians are advised to confirm Virginia’s current requirements with Virginia’s Board of Medicine.

  • Prejudgment and Post-Judgment Interest
  • Tort Laws
  • One Party or All Party Consent
  • Abortion Law

Prejudgment and Post-Judgment Interest

Tort actions rate: 6%, or amount provided in contract, if higher. However, the award of interest is discretionary.

  • Va. Code Ann. §§ 8.01-382, 6.2-302, Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-382

Postjudgment Rate: 6%, or amount provided in contract, if higher.

  • Va. Code Ann. §§ 8.01-382, 6.2-302.

Accrual date: Entry of judgment

  • Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-382

Tort Laws

Limits on damages for pain and suffering: $2.5M cap on total damages (annual increases of $50k from 7/1/2012 through 7/1/2031)

  • §8.01-581.15 (2011)

Limits on contingent attorney fees: None

Reform of collateral source rule: None

Periodic payment of future damages: Discretionary at court opinion

  • No statutory citation

Statute of limitations: 2 years; 10 year maximum; 1 year foreign object exception

  • §8.01-243 (1987)

Virginia is a one-party consent state.

In Virginia, it is a criminal offense to use any device to record or share use communications, whether they are wire, oral, or electronic, without the consent of at least one person taking part in the communication. This means that in Virginia, you are legally allowed to record a conversation if you are a contributor, or with prior consent from one of the involved parties. Va. Code Ann. §19.2-62 (West 2012)

Abortion Law

Abortion is accessible in Virginia, but without legal protection. In 2020, Virginia repealed numerous medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion access.

  • TRAP requirements: providers are required to report.
  • Parental notification and consent is required.