Public safety officers
Va. Code Ann. § 65.2-301.1
in effectIn situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of a public safety officer's employment and where the public safety officer's injury arose out of and in the course of his employment, absent a misconduct defense asserted pursuant to § 65.2-306 , such injury shall be compensable under this title. As used in this section, "public safety officer" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in § 9.1-801 .
2013, cc. 174 , 458 .
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