CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS (§ 65.2-301.1)

In 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.

HISTORY: 2013, cc. 174, 458.