{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2979","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 54.1-2979","heading":"No liability for nonnegligent performance of operation","body":"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.1981, c. 454, § 54-325.14; 1988, c. 765.","path":["Title 54.1. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","Subtitle III. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS REGULATED BY BOARDS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS","Chapter 29. MEDICINE AND OTHER HEALING ARTS","Article 7. SEXUAL STERILIZATION"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/54.1-2979/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:24Z","sha256":"34ee0da6a6b99a95d294cf1911e2689c10f0c99c705d9328f1c0c09f98ec78b6","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2978","next":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2980"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}