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Emergency medical services personnel may also provide fire protection services and assist in the enforcement of the fire prevention code.\n\t\t“Employing agency” means any municipality of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, including authorities and special districts, that employs firefighters and emergency medical services personnel.\n\t\t“Firefighter” means any person who is employed solely within the fire department or public safety department of an employing agency as a full-time firefighter whose primary responsibility is the prevention and extinguishment of fires, the protection of life and property, and the enforcement of local and state fire prevention codes and laws pertaining to the prevention and control of fires.\n\t\t“Interrogation” means any questioning of a formal nature as used in Chapter 4 (\u00a7 9.1-500 et seq.) that could lead to dismissal, demotion, or suspension for punitive reasons of a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":221700,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Emergency medical services personnel” means any person who holds a valid certificate issued by the Commissioner and who is employed solely within the fire department, emergency medical services agency, or public safety department of an employing agency as a full-time emergency medical services personnel whose primary responsibility is the provision of emergency care to the sick and injured, using either basic or advanced techniques. 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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 509 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73944,"section_number":"18.2-488.1","catch_line":"Flag at half staff or mast for certain public safety personnel killed in the line of duty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-488.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70463,"section_number":"9.1-500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60660,"identifier":"9.1-300","token":"9.1\/3\/9.1-300","url":"\/9.1-300\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-300\/","token":"9.1\/3\/9.1-300","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-300","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“Emergency medical services personnel<\/span>” means any person who holds a valid certificate issued by the Commissioner and who is employed solely within the fire department, emergency medical services agency, or public safety department of an employing agency<\/span> as a full-time emergency medical services personnel<\/span> whose primary responsibility is the provision of emergency care to the sick and injured, using either basic or advanced techniques. Emergency medical services personnel<\/span> may also provide fire protection services and assist in the enforcement of the fire prevention code.\n\t\t“Employing agency<\/span>” means any municipality of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, including authorities and special districts, that employs firefighters<\/span> and emergency medical services personnel<\/span>.\n\t\t“Firefighter<\/span>” means any person who is employed solely within the fire department or public safety department of an employing agency<\/span> as a full-time firefighter<\/span> whose primary responsibility is the prevention and extinguishment of fires, the protection of life and property, and the enforcement of local and state fire prevention codes and laws<\/span> pertaining to the prevention and control of fires.\n\t\t“Interrogation<\/span>” means any questioning of a formal nature as used in Chapter 4 (\u00a7 9.1-500<\/a> et seq.) that could lead to dismissal<\/span>, demotion, or suspension for punitive reasons of a firefighter<\/span> or emergency medical services personnel<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 9.1-300)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Emergency medical services personnel” means any person who holds\na valid certificate issued by the Commissioner and who is employed solely within\nthe fire department, emergency medical services agency, or public safety\ndepartment of an employing agency as a full-time emergency medical services\npersonnel whose primary responsibility is the provision of emergency care to the\nsick and injured, using either basic or advanced techniques. Emergency medical\nservices personnel may also provide fire protection services and assist in the\nenforcement of the fire prevention code.\n\t\t“Employing agency” means any municipality of the Commonwealth or\nany political subdivision thereof, including authorities and special districts,\nthat employs firefighters and emergency medical services personnel.\n\t\t“Firefighter” means any person who is employed solely within the\nfire department or public safety department of an employing agency as a\nfull-time firefighter whose primary responsibility is the prevention and\nextinguishment of fires, the protection of life and property, and the\nenforcement of local and state fire prevention codes and laws pertaining to the\nprevention and control of fires.\n\t\t“Interrogation” means any questioning of a formal nature as used\nin Chapter 4 (\u00a7 9.1-500 et seq.) that could lead to dismissal, demotion, or\nsuspension for punitive reasons of a firefighter or emergency medical services\npersonnel.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 509, \u00a7 2.1-116.9:1; 2001, c. 844; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","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}}