65.2-605 - Liability of employer for medical services ordered by Commission; malpractice.
§ 65.2-605. Liability of employer for medical services ordered by Commission;malpractice.
The pecuniary liability of the employer for medical, surgical, and hospitalservice herein required when ordered by the Commission shall be limited tosuch charges as prevail in the same community for similar treatment when suchtreatment is paid for by the injured person and the employer shall not beliable in damages for malpractice by a physician or surgeon furnished by himpursuant to the provisions of § 65.2-603, but the consequences of any suchmalpractice shall be deemed part of the injury resulting from the accidentand shall be compensated for as such.
(Code 1950, § 65-86; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-89; 1991, c. 355.)