Notwithstanding the provisions of § 8.01-229 A and except as provided in subsection C of § 8.01-243, any cause of action accruing on or after July 1, 1987, on behalf of a person who was a minor at the time the cause of action accrued for personal injury or death against a health care provider pursuant to Chapter 21.1 (§ 8.01-581.1 et seq.) shall be commenced within two years of the date of the last act or omission giving rise to the cause of action except that if the minor was less than eight years of age at the time of the occurrence of the malpractice, he shall have until his tenth birthday to commence an action. Any minor who is ten years of age or older on or before July 1, 1987, shall have no less than two years from that date within which to commence such an action.
1987, cc. 294, 645.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
Chapter 4 - Limitations of Actions
§ 8.01-228. Scope of limitations; "personal action" defined
§ 8.01-230. Accrual of right of action
§ 8.01-231. Commonwealth not within statute of limitations
§ 8.01-232. Effect of promises not to plead statute of limitations
§ 8.01-234. Repeal of limitation not to remove bar of statute
§ 8.01-236. Limitation of entry on or action for land
§ 8.01-237. Effect of disabilities upon right of entry on, or action for, land
§ 8.01-240. Liens for water, sewer, or sidewalk assessments
§ 8.01-241.1. Permissible form for certificate
§ 8.01-242. Same; when no maturity date is given; credit line deeds of trust
§ 8.01-243.1. Actions for medical malpractice; minors
§ 8.01-243.2. Limitations of actions by confined persons; exhaustion
§ 8.01-244. Actions for wrongful death; limitation
§ 8.01-246. Personal actions based on contracts
§ 8.01-247.1. Limitation on action for defamation, etc.
§ 8.01-248. Personal actions for which no other limitation is specified
§ 8.01-249. When cause of action shall be deemed to accrue in certain personal actions
§ 8.01-250.1. Limitation on actions involving removal of asbestos
§ 8.01-251. Limitations on enforcement of judgments
§ 8.01-253. Limitation of suits to avoid voluntary conveyances, etc.
§ 8.01-254. Limitation on enforcement of bequests and legacies
§ 8.01-255. Time for presenting claim against Commonwealth
§ 8.01-256. As to rights and remedies existing when this chapter takes effect