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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59977</law_id><section_number>8.01-225.2</section_number><catch_line>Immunity for those rendering emergency care to animals</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 <span class="dictionary">person</span>, including a <span class="dictionary">person</span> licensed to practice veterinary medicine, who in good faith and without compensation renders emergency care or treatment to an injured animal at the scene of an emergency or accident shall not be liable for any injuries to such animals resulting from the rendering of such care or treatment.</p></section></text><history>1998, c. 669.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
