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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79175</law_id><section_number>8.01-225.1</section_number><catch_line>Immunity for team physicians</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="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any physician, surgeon or chiropractor licensed to practice by the Board of Medicine in the Commonwealth who, in the absence of gross <span class="dictionary">negligence</span> or willful misconduct, renders emergency medical care or emergency treatment to a participant in an athletic event sponsored by a public, private or religious elementary, middle or high school while acting without compensation as a team physician, shall not be liable for civil <span class="dictionary">damages</span> resulting from any act or omission related to such care or treatment.</p></section></text><history>1989, c. 436; 1993, c. 702; 2005, c. 928.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
