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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376699</law_id><section_number>65.2-903</section_number><catch_line>Records not public</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="138" identifier="65.2">Workers' Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="9" identifier="9">Reports and Records</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The records of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, insofar as they refer to accidents, injuries and <span class="dictionary">settlements</span>, shall not be open to the public but only to the parties satisfying the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> of their interest in such records and their right to inspect them; however, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall make its records about an injured employee available to the Virginia Employment <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, the Department of Social Services, or the Virginia Retirement System if any such entity requests such records. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall promulgate rules to ensure that information for the purpose of determining eligibility for employment shall not be provided without the written consent of the employee.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 65-119; 1968, c. 660, &#xA7; 65.1-128; 1991, c. 355; 1993, c. 806; 1996, c. 457; 1997, cc. 796, 895; 2002, c. 693.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
