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1994 SESSION


CHAPTER 738
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8.01-226.4, relating to civil immunity for hospice volunteers.
[H 1271]
Approved April 10, 1994

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 8.01-226.4 as follows:

§ 8.01-226.4. Civil immunity for hospice volunteers.

Any individual who, in good faith, without compensation, and in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, renders care to a terminally ill patient pursuant to a hospice program whose sole purpose is to provide care and treatment to terminally ill patients and whose services are equally available to all members of the community, shall not be liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such care.