Virginia law: Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-225
Statute: Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-225
Law Type: Good Samaritan
Status: Enacted
Summary:
Any person who in good faith and without compensation, renders or administers CPR; cardiac defibrillation, including the use of an AED to any sick or injured person shall not be liable for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such emergency resuscitative treatments or procedures. Any person who operates an AED at the scene of an emergency, trains individuals to be operators of AEDs, or orders AEDs, shall be immune from civil liability for any personal injury that results from any act or omission in the use of an AED in an emergency where the person performing the defibrillation acts as an ordinary, reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances. Any person who maintains an AED located on real property owned or controlled by such person shall be immune from civil liability for any personal injury that results from any act or omission in the use in an emergency of an AED located on such property.
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