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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57463</law_id><section_number>54.1-3811</section_number><catch_line>Veterinary professionals rendering services without charge exempt from liability</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="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="38">Veterinary Medicine</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person licensed by the Board of Veterinary Medicine who, in good faith and without charge or compensation, renders health care services within the limits of his license to any animal, shall not be liable for civil <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services unless such act or omission was the result of that person&#x2019;s gross <span class="dictionary">negligence</span> or willful misconduct.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 400.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
