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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356351</law_id><section_number>27-46</section_number><catch_line>Payment for hospital and medical services</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="68" identifier="27">Fire Protection</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Relief for Fire Fighters and Dependents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Relief for Volunteer Fire Fighters</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to the relief set forth in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Payment on death" href="/27-43/">27-43</a> through <a class="law" title="Payments for partial disability" href="/27-45/">27-45</a>, all necessary hospital charges and all necessary and proper medical, surgical, laboratory and operating room charges for any volunteer fire fighter arising out of any injury set forth in such sections shall be paid by such county, city or town.</p></section></text><history>1928, p. 1003; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 3144f; 1970, c. 187; 1977, c. 326.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
