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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 537 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":201559,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74971,"identifier":"32.1-331.16","token":"32.1\/10\/4\/32.1-331.16","url":"\/32.1-331.16\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-331.16\/","token":"32.1\/10\/4\/32.1-331.16","dublin_core":{"Title":"Immunity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-331.16","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The members of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Committee<\/span> and of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, as well as the staff of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, shall be immune, individually and jointly, from civil liability for any act, decision, or omission done or made in performance of their duties pursuant to this article while serving as a member of such <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">Committee<\/span>, or staff provided that such act, decision, or omission is not done or made in bad faith or with <span class=\"dictionary\">malicious<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMMUNITY (\u00a7 32.1-331.16)\n\nThe members of the Committee and of the Board, as well as the staff of the\nDepartment, shall be immune, individually and jointly, from civil liability for\nany act, decision, or omission done or made in performance of their duties\npursuant to this article while serving as a member of such Board, Committee, or\nstaff provided that such act, decision, or omission is not done or made in bad\nfaith or with malicious intent.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 537.","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}}