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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 496 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapter 432; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 151<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 648<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 118<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":347384,"section_number":"15.2-1519","catch_line":"Liability insurance for employees of local departments and boards of welfare and social services; legal representation","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1519\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1380161,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347383,"identifier":"15.2-1518","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/3\/15.2-1518","url":"\/15.2-1518\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1518\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/3\/15.2-1518","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability insurance for officers, employees and volunteers of local government and members of its boards and commissions and constitutional officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1518","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> and any political subdivision thereof may provide liability insurance or self-insurance for its fire department operational medical director, police department operational medical director, operational medical director, physician course director<\/span> for any licensed emergency medical services agency or emergency medical services training program located therein endorsed by the Office of Emergency Medical Services and for its officers, employees and volunteers, including any commission or board, and employees and members thereof, of any authority created or controlled by the local governing body<\/span>, or any local agency or public service corporation owned, operated or controlled by such local governing body<\/span> and constitutional officers<\/span> and their employees.<\/p>

The insurance or self-insurance may cover the costs and expenses incident to liability, including those for settlement<\/span>, suit, or satisfaction of judgment<\/span> arising from the conduct of such operational medical directors, physician course directors<\/span>, officers, employees, members or volunteers in the discharge of their official duties.<\/p>

For the purposes of this section, “physician course director<\/span>” or “PCD<\/span>” means an EMS physician who is responsible for the clinical aspects of emergency medical care training programs, including the clinical and field actions of enrolled students.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY INSURANCE FOR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT\nAND MEMBERS OF ITS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS (\u00a7\n15.2-1518)\n\nAny locality and any political subdivision thereof may provide liability\ninsurance or self-insurance for its fire department operational medical\ndirector, police department operational medical director, operational medical\ndirector, physician course director for any licensed emergency medical services\nagency or emergency medical services training program located therein endorsed\nby the Office of Emergency Medical Services and for its officers, employees and\nvolunteers, including any commission or board, and employees and members\nthereof, of any authority created or controlled by the local governing body, or\nany local agency or public service corporation owned, operated or controlled by\nsuch local governing body and constitutional officers and their employees.\n\nThe insurance or self-insurance may cover the costs and expenses incident to\nliability, including those for settlement, suit, or satisfaction of judgment\narising from the conduct of such operational medical directors, physician course\ndirectors, officers, employees, members or volunteers in the discharge of their\nofficial duties.\n\nFor the purposes of this section, “physician course director” or\n“PCD” means an EMS physician who is responsible for the clinical\naspects of emergency medical care training programs, including the clinical and\nfield actions of enrolled students.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 496, \u00a7 15.1-7.3:1; 1988, c. 432; 1997, c. 587; 1999, c. 151;\n2004, c. 648; 2008, c. 118.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}