Subject to the rules of law applicable generally to negligence, no physician licensed by the Board of Medicine shall be either civilly or criminally liable by reason of having performed a vasectomy, salpingectomy, or other surgical sexual sterilization procedure upon any person in this Commonwealth as authorized by this article.
Va. Code Ann. § 54.1-2979
No liability for nonnegligent performance of operation
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 867 F. Supp. 380 - Pettengill v. United States (1994)
Most recently applied in 867 F. Supp. 380 - Pettengill v. United States (November 1994)
1981, c. 454, § 54-325.14; 1988, c. 765.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.