§ 54.1-3408.5 Epinephrine required in certain places of public accommodation
Every place of public accommodation, as defined in subsection A of § 2.2-3904, may make epinephrine available for administration. Pursuant to an order or standing protocol issued by the prescriber within the course of his professional practice and in accordance with policies and guidelines established by the Department of Health, any employee of a place of public accommodation, as defined in subsection A of § 2.2-3904, who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine may possess and administer epinephrine to a person present in the place of public accommodation believed in good faith to be having an anaphylactic reaction.
History
This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 556 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2024, chapter 465.
2020, c. 556; 2024, c. 465.