§ 65.2-1303. Regional peer review committees
A. The Statewide Coordinating Committee shall establish a regional peer review committee in each health systems area. Each regional peer review committee shall be composed of five physicians appointed by the Statewide Coordinating Committee from nominations submitted by The Medical Society of Virginia. Each committee member shall practice in the health systems area and have patients the costs of whose treatment is reimbursed in whole or in part pursuant to this title. The term of each member of each regional peer review committee shall be established by the Statewide Coordinating Committee.
B. The term of the members of any regional peer review committee shall lapse, if such committee fails to meet within 60 days following the written request of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission for such committee to hold a meeting. Vacancies created by this subsection shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments and shall be for the unexpired terms.
(1980, c. 444, § 65.1-156; 1991, c. 355; 2004, c. 1000.)
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