diff --git a/code/game/jobs/job/medical.dm b/code/game/jobs/job/medical.dm
index e15570d8c81..079b1ab7eb7 100644
--- a/code/game/jobs/job/medical.dm
+++ b/code/game/jobs/job/medical.dm
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	supervisors = "the chief medical officer"
 	selection_color = "#ffeef0"
 	access = list(access_medical, access_morgue, access_surgery, access_chemistry, access_virology, access_genetics)
-	minimal_access = list(access_medical, access_morgue, access_surgery)
+	minimal_access = list(access_medical, access_morgue, access_surgery, access_virology)
 	alt_titles = list("Surgeon","Emergency Physician","Nurse","Virologist")
 
 	equip(var/mob/living/carbon/human/H)