A. There is established the Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Fund to finance the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program created by this chapter. The assets of the Fund administered by the board of directors of the Program are trust funds and shall be used solely in the interest of the recipients of awards pursuant to § 38.2-5009 and to administer the Program.
B. An independent certified public accountant selected by the board of directors of the Program shall annually audit the accounts of the Fund, and the cost of such audit services shall be borne by the Program and be paid from moneys designated for such purposes in the Fund. The audit shall be performed at least each fiscal year, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and, accordingly, include such tests of the accounting records and such auditing procedures as considered necessary under the circumstances. The board of directors shall furnish copies of the audit to the same persons who are entitled to receive copies of the board's report on investment of the Fund's assets.
1987, c. 540; 1999, c. 826; 2003, c. 897.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 50 - Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act
§ 38.2-5002.2. Confidentiality of certain information; penalty
§ 38.2-5003. Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission authorized to hear and determine claims
§ 38.2-5004.1. Notification of possible beneficiaries
§ 38.2-5005. Tolling of statute of limitations
§ 38.2-5007. Interrogatories and depositions
§ 38.2-5008.1. Right to confront and cross-examine witnesses
§ 38.2-5009. Commission awards for birth-related neurological injuries; notice of award
§ 38.2-5009.1. Infants dying shortly after birth
§ 38.2-5010. Rehearing on Commission determination or award
§ 38.2-5011. Conclusiveness of determination or award; appeal
§ 38.2-5012. Enforcement, etc., of orders and awards
§ 38.2-5013. Limitation on claims
§ 38.2-5015. Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Fund; assets of the Fund; audit
§ 38.2-5016. Board of directors; appointment; vacancies; term; list of Program claimants
§ 38.2-5016.1. Investment strategy advice; expected returns
§ 38.2-5017. Plan of operation
§ 38.2-5018. Assessments to be held in restricted cash account
§ 38.2-5020.1. Credits against malpractice insurance premiums