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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 174<\/a> and 458<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80715,"section_number":"65.2-306","catch_line":"When compensation not allowed for injury or death; burden of proof","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-306\/"},{"id":54070,"section_number":"9.1-801","catch_line":"Public safety officer defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-801\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276295,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73641,"identifier":"65.2-301.1","token":"65.2\/3\/65.2-301.1","url":"\/65.2-301.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-301.1\/","token":"65.2\/3\/65.2-301.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Public safety officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-301.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of a public safety officer’s employment and where the public safety officer’s injury<\/span> arose out of and in the course of his employment, absent a misconduct defense asserted pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-306<\/a>, such injury<\/span> shall be compensable under this title. As used in this section, “public safety officer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in \u00a7 9.1-801<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS (\u00a7 65.2-301.1)\n\nIn situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of a public safety\nofficer’s employment and where the public safety officer’s injury\narose out of and in the course of his employment, absent a misconduct defense\nasserted pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-306, such injury shall be compensable under this\ntitle. As used in this section, “public safety officer” shall have\nthe meaning ascribed to it in \u00a7 9.1-801.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, cc. 174, 458.","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}}