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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82193</law_id><section_number>8.01-226.4</section_number><catch_line>Civil immunity for hospice volunteers</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 individual who, in good faith, without compensation, and in the absence of gross <span class="dictionary">negligence</span> or willful misconduct, renders care to a terminally ill patient pursuant to a hospice program whose sole purpose is to provide care and treatment to terminally ill patients and whose services are equally available to all members of the community, shall not be liable for any civil <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such care.</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 738.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
