                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AGENCY AS A DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT (§ 32.1-111.4:6)

A. The governing body of any county, city, or town may establish an emergency
medical services agency as a department of government and may designate it by
any name consistent with the names of its other governmental units. The head of
such emergency medical services agency shall be known as &#8220;the emergency
medical services agency chief&#8221; or &#8220;EMS chief.&#8221; As many other
officers and employees may be employed in such emergency medical services agency
as the governing body may approve.

B. An emergency medical services agency established pursuant to subsection A may
consist of government-employed emergency medical services personnel, volunteer
emergency medical services personnel, or both. If an emergency medical services
agency established pursuant to this section includes volunteer emergency medical
services personnel, such volunteer emergency medical services agency shall be
deemed an instrumentality of the county, city, or town and, as such, exempt from
suit for damages done incident to providing emergency medical services to the
county, city, or town.

C. The governing body of any county, city, or town may empower an emergency
medical services agency established therein pursuant to this section to make
bylaws to promote its objects consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth and
ordinances of the county, city, or town and may provide for the compensation of
the officers and employees of such agency.

D. All check stubs or time cards purporting to be a record of time spent on the
job by emergency medical services personnel employed by an emergency medical
services agency established pursuant to this section shall record all hours of
employment, regardless of how spent. All check stubs or pay records purporting
to show the hourly compensation of emergency medical services personnel employed
by an emergency medical services agency established pursuant to this section
shall show the actual hourly wage to be paid. Nothing in this section shall
require the showing of such information on check stubs, time cards, or pay
records; however, if such information is shown, the information shall be in
compliance with this section.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 502, 503.