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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85128</law_id><section_number>40.1-11.4</section_number><catch_line>Seizure first aid posters</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department of Labor and Industry</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall provide all <span class="dictionary">employers</span> and <span class="dictionary">employees</span> in the Commonwealth with in-color informational posters, at least 8.5 inches by 11 inches in size, with respect to rendering seizure first aid. The information shall be disseminated by means determined by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, including electronically, and the information approved by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall be fully consistent with information and guidelines developed by the Epilepsy Foundation of America and any such successor organization. Each <span class="dictionary">employer</span> of 25 or more <span class="dictionary">employees</span> in the Commonwealth shall physically post information on seizure first aid provided by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in a prominent position in the <span class="dictionary">employer</span>&#x2019;s workplace that is visible to <span class="dictionary">employees</span>. For the purposes of this section, &#x201C;seizure first aid&#x201D; means procedures to respond, attend, and provide comfort and safety to an individual suffering from a seizure. &#x201C;Seizure first aid&#x201D; does not include training to medically treat an individual suffering from a seizure. Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede any other provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, including the exemption from liability for a person rendering emergency care in good faith without compensation pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Persons rendering emergency care, obstetrical services exempt from liability" href="/8.01-225/">8.01-225</a>.</p></section></text><history>2022, c. 162.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
