                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COVERAGE OF MEMBERS OF THE VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD OR VIRGINIA DEFENSE FORCE
DURING RESPONSE TO ORDERS (§ 65.2-103)

A claim for workers&#8217; compensation benefits shall be deemed to be in the
course of employment with the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force
for any member thereof who, reacting to an order to report received while he is
outside an assigned shift or work location, undertakes in direct obedience to a
lawful military order travel by the most expeditious route to his designated
place of state active duty pursuant to §§ 44-54.4, 44-75.1, and 44-78.1.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit an employer from using any defense
otherwise available under this title.

HISTORY: 2005, c. 223; 2011, cc. 572, 586; 2015, c. 221.