Virginia § 54.1-2980 - Article inapplicable to certain medical or surgical treatment
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 54.1-2980 — Article inapplicable to certain medical or surgical treatment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54.1-2980. Article inapplicable to certain medical or surgical treatment
No provision in this article shall apply to or be construed so as to prevent, control, or regulate the medical or surgical treatment for sound therapeutic reasons of any person in this Commonwealth by a physician licensed by the Board of Medicine, which treatment may require sexual sterilization or may involve the nullification or destruction of the reproductive functions. For the purposes of this section the sterilization of a person whose health would be endangered by a pregnancy shall be deemed a medical or surgical treatment for sound therapeutic reasons.
1981, c. 454, § 54-325.15; 1988, c. 765.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 54.1-2980 ("Article inapplicable to certain medical or surgical treatment") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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