CHAPTER 385

An Act to amend and reenact § 65-85 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
medical attention under Workmen’s Compensation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
aa That § 65-85 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

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§ 65-85. For a period not exceeding sixty days after an accident the
employer shall furnish or cause to be furnished, free of charge to the
injured employee, such necessary medical attention as the nature of the
accident may require, and the employee shall accept, and during the
whole or any part of the remainder of his disability resulting from the
injury, the employer may, at his own option, continue to furnish or cause
to be furnished, free of charge to the employee, and the employee shall
accept, an attending physician, unless otherwise ordered by the Industrial
Commission, and in addition, such surgical and hospital service and
supplies as may be deemed necessary by the attending physician or the
Industrial Commission. * When, in the judgment of the majority of the
Industrial Commission, the facts require a reasonable extension of such
medical attention beyond such period of sixty days, such majority of the
Commission may, in its discretion, require the employer to furnish free
of charge to the injured employee such medical attention for a reasonable
time after the termination of the sixty-day period, but not in excess of *
one year including such period of sixty days.

The refusal of the employee to accept such service when provided by
the employer shall bar the employee from further compensation until such
refusal ceases and no compensation shall at any time be paid for the period
of suspension unless, in the opinion of the Industrial Commission, the
circumstances justified the refusal. In any such case the Industria] Com-
mission may order a change in the medical or hospital service.

If in an emergency on account of the employer’s failure to provide the
medical care during the * period herein specified, or for other good
reasons, a physician other than provided by the employer is called to treat
the injured employee, during * said period, the reasonable cost of such
service shall be paid by the employer if ordered so to do by the Industrial
Commission.