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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 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":285327,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66600,"identifier":"9.1-304","token":"9.1\/3\/9.1-304","url":"\/9.1-304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-304\/","token":"9.1\/3\/9.1-304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rights nonexclusive","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The rights of firefighters<\/span> and emergency medical technicians as set forth in this chapter shall not be construed to diminish the rights and privileges<\/span> of firefighters<\/span> or emergency medical technicians that are guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution and laws<\/span> of the United States and the Commonwealth or limit the granting of broader rights by other law, ordinance<\/span> or rule.\n\t\tThis section shall not abridge or expand the rights of firefighters<\/span> or emergency medical technicians to bring civil suits for injuries suffered in the course of their employment as recognized by the courts<\/span>, nor is it designed to abrogate any common law<\/span> or statutory limitation on the rights of recovery.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHTS NONEXCLUSIVE (\u00a7 9.1-304)\n\nThe rights of firefighters and emergency medical technicians as set forth in\nthis chapter shall not be construed to diminish the rights and privileges of\nfirefighters or emergency medical technicians that are guaranteed to all\ncitizens by the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Commonwealth\nor limit the granting of broader rights by other law, ordinance or rule.\n\t\tThis section shall not abridge or expand the rights of firefighters or\nemergency medical technicians to bring civil suits for injuries suffered in the\ncourse of their employment as recognized by the courts, nor is it designed to\nabrogate any common law or statutory limitation on the rights of recovery.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 509, \u00a7 2.1-116.9:4; 2001, c. 844.","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}}