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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 773<\/a> and 1021<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter 474<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":202077,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55627,"identifier":"32.1-48.016","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.016","url":"\/32.1-48.016\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48.016\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.016","dublin_core":{"Title":"Immunity from liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48.016","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span>, including a person<\/span> who serves in a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit or on a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), who, in good faith and in the performance of his duties, acts in compliance with this article and the Board<\/span> of Health’s regulations shall not be liable for any civil damages<\/span> for any act or omission resulting from such actions unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence<\/span> or willful misconduct.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY (\u00a7 32.1-48.016)\n\nAny person, including a person who serves in a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit\nor on a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), who, in good faith and in the\nperformance of his duties, acts in compliance with this article and the Board of\nHealth’s regulations shall not be liable for any civil damages for any act\nor omission resulting from such actions unless such act or omission was the\nresult of gross negligence or willful misconduct.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 773, 1021; 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}}