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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 347 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1979, chapter 131; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 474<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67152,"section_number":"2.2-3602","catch_line":"Scope of chapter; status of volunteers; reimbursements","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3602\/"},{"id":86076,"section_number":"2.2-3604","catch_line":"Solicitation of aid from community","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3604\/"},{"id":75721,"section_number":"2.2-3605","catch_line":"Volunteer benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3605\/"},{"id":65984,"section_number":"44-146.16","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-146.16\/"}],"permalink":{"id":176425,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85662,"identifier":"2.2-3601","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/36\/2.2-3601","url":"\/2.2-3601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3601\/","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/36\/2.2-3601","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” includes all departments<\/span> established in the executive branch of state government and local agencies under the jurisdiction<\/span> or supervision thereof, and for the purposes of \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-3602<\/a>, 2.2-3604<\/a> and 2.2-3605<\/a>, shall include political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Material donor<\/span>” means any person who, without financial gain, provides funds, materials<\/span>, employment, or opportunities for clients of agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions of the Commonwealth;\n\t\t“Occasional-service volunteer<\/span>” means any person who provides a one-time or occasional voluntary service;\n\t\t“Regular-service volunteer<\/span>” means any person engaged in specific voluntary service activities on an ongoing or continuous basis;\n\t\t“Volunteer” means any person who, of his own free will, provides goods or services, without any financial gain, to any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the Commonwealth;\n\t\t“Volunteer in state and local services” shall include, but shall not be limited to, any person who serves in a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit or on a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) while engaged in emergency services and preparedness activities as defined in \u00a7 44-146.16<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 2.2-3601)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Department” includes all departments established in the executive\nbranch of state government and local agencies under the jurisdiction or\nsupervision thereof, and for the purposes of \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-3602, 2.2-3604 and\n2.2-3605, shall include political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Material donor” means any person who, without financial gain,\nprovides funds, materials, employment, or opportunities for clients of agencies,\ninstrumentalities, or political subdivisions of the Commonwealth;\n\t\t“Occasional-service volunteer” means any person who provides a\none-time or occasional voluntary service;\n\t\t“Regular-service volunteer” means any person engaged in specific\nvoluntary service activities on an ongoing or continuous basis;\n\t\t“Volunteer” means any person who, of his own free will, provides\ngoods or services, without any financial gain, to any agency, instrumentality or\npolitical subdivision of the Commonwealth;\n\t\t“Volunteer in state and local services” shall include, but shall\nnot be limited to, any person who serves in a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit\nor on a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) while engaged in emergency\nservices and preparedness activities as defined in \u00a7 44-146.16.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 347, \u00a7 2.1-555; 1979, c. 131; 2001, c. 844; 2005, c. 474.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}