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Meals may be furnished without charge to occasional-service volunteers at the discretion of the department’s executive head.B\n\nLodging, if available, may be furnished temporarily, at no charge, to regular-service volunteers.C\n\nTransportation reimbursement may be furnished those volunteers whose presence is determined to be necessary to the department. Rates or amounts of such reimbursement shall not exceed those provided in § 2.2-2823. Volunteers may utilize state vehicles in the performance of their duties, subject to those regulations governing use of state vehicles by paid staff.D\n\nLiability insurance may be provided by the department utilizing their services both to regular-service and occasional-service volunteers to the same extent as may be provided by the department to its paid staff. 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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":[{"id":85662,"section_number":"2.2-3601","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3601\/"},{"id":67152,"section_number":"2.2-3602","catch_line":"Scope of chapter; status of volunteers; reimbursements","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3602\/"},{"id":63782,"section_number":"8.01-225.3","catch_line":"Immunity for volunteer first responders en route to an emergency","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-225.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60037,"section_number":"2.2-2823","catch_line":"Traveling expenses on state business; public or private transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2823\/"}],"permalink":{"id":176441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75721,"identifier":"2.2-3605","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/36\/2.2-3605","url":"\/2.2-3605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3605\/","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/36\/2.2-3605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Volunteer benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Meals may be furnished without charge to regular-service volunteers<\/span> if scheduled work assignments extend over an established meal period. Meals may be furnished without charge to occasional-service volunteers<\/span> at the discretion of the department<\/span>’s executive head. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Lodging, if available, may be furnished temporarily, at no charge, to regular-service volunteers<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Transportation reimbursement may be furnished those volunteers whose presence is determined to be necessary to the department<\/span>. Rates or amounts of such reimbursement shall not exceed those provided in § 2.2-2823<\/a>. Volunteers may utilize state vehicles in the performance of their duties, subject to those regulations governing use of state vehicles by paid staff. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Liability insurance may be provided by the department<\/span> utilizing their services both to regular-service and occasional-service volunteers<\/span> to the same extent as may be provided by the department<\/span> to its paid staff. Volunteers in state and local service, including, but not limited to, any person who serves in a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit or on a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), shall enjoy the protection of the Commonwealth’s sovereign immunity to the same extent as paid staff. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOLUNTEER BENEFITS (\u00a7 2.2-3605)\n\nA. Meals may be furnished without charge to regular-service volunteers if\nscheduled work assignments extend over an established meal period. Meals may be\nfurnished without charge to occasional-service volunteers at the discretion of\nthe department’s executive head.\n\nB. Lodging, if available, may be furnished temporarily, at no charge, to\nregular-service volunteers.\n\nC. Transportation reimbursement may be furnished those volunteers whose presence\nis determined to be necessary to the department. Rates or amounts of such\nreimbursement shall not exceed those provided in § 2.2-2823. Volunteers may\nutilize state vehicles in the performance of their duties, subject to those\nregulations governing use of state vehicles by paid staff.\n\nD. Liability insurance may be provided by the department utilizing their\nservices both to regular-service and occasional-service volunteers to the same\nextent as may be provided by the department to its paid staff. Volunteers in\nstate and local service, including, but not limited to, any person who serves in\na Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit or on a Community Emergency Response Team\n(CERT), shall enjoy the protection of the Commonwealth’s sovereign\nimmunity to the same extent as paid staff.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 347, \u00a7 2.1-558; 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}}