                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR PHYSICIANS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PODIATRISTS, OPTOMETRISTS,
VETERINARIANS, NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS, AND CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES PROVIDERS WHILE MEMBERS OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES (§ 8.01-581.19)

A. Any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or
optometrist licensed to practice in the Commonwealth shall be immune from civil
liability for any communication, finding, opinion, or conclusion made in
performance of his duties while serving as a member of any committee, board,
group, commission, or other entity that is responsible for resolving questions
concerning the admission of any physician, psychologist, podiatrist,
veterinarian, or optometrist to, or the taking of disciplinary action against
any member of, any medical society, academy, or association affiliated with the
American Medical Association, the Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists,
the American Psychological Association, the Virginia Applied Psychology Academy,
the Virginia Academy of School Psychologists, the American Podiatric Medical
Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the International
Chiropractic Association, the American Chiropractic Association, the Virginia
Chiropractic Association, or the American Optometric Association, provided that
such communication, finding, opinion, or conclusion is not made in bad faith or
with malicious intent.

B. Any nursing home administrator licensed under the laws of the Commonwealth
shall be immune from civil liability for any communication, finding, opinion,
decision, or conclusion made in performance of his duties while serving as a
member of any committee, board, group, commission, or other entity that is
responsible for resolving questions concerning the admission of any health care
facility to, or the taking of disciplinary action against any member of, the
Virginia Health Care Association, provided that such communication, finding,
opinion, decision, or conclusion is not made in bad faith or with malicious
intent.

C. Any emergency medical services provider who holds a valid certificate issued
by the Commissioner of Health shall be immune from civil liability for any
communication, finding, opinion, decision, or conclusion made in performance of
his duties while serving as a member of any regional council, committee, board,
group, commission, or other entity that is responsible for resolving questions
concerning the quality of care, including triage, interfacility transfer, and
other components of emergency medical services care, unless such communication,
finding, opinion, decision, or conclusion is made in bad faith or with malicious
intent.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 541; 1987, c. 713; 1989, c. 729; 1993, c. 702; 1996, cc. 937,
980; 2006, c. 412; 2015, cc. 502, 503.