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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0640\">640<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1489879,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373440,"identifier":"59.1-605","token":"59.1\/57\/59.1-605","url":"\/59.1-605\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-605\/","token":"59.1\/57\/59.1-605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability limited; changes to facility","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">retail establishment<\/span> or the employee of such establishment shall not be civilly liable for any act or omission in allowing a <span class=\"dictionary\">customer<\/span> with an <span class=\"dictionary\">eligible medical condition<\/span> to use an <span class=\"dictionary\">employee toilet facility<\/span> if the act or omission: <a id=\"paragraph-1393780\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-605\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Is not willful or grossly negligent; and <a id=\"paragraph-1393781\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-605\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Occurs in an area of the <span class=\"dictionary\">retail establishment<\/span> that is not accessible to the public. <a id=\"paragraph-1393782\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-605\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">retail establishment<\/span> shall be required to make any changes to an <span class=\"dictionary\">employee toilet facility<\/span> under this chapter. <a id=\"paragraph-1393783\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-605\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY LIMITED; CHANGES TO FACILITY (\u00a7 59.1-605)\n\nA. A retail establishment or the employee of such establishment shall not be\ncivilly liable for any act or omission in allowing a customer with an eligible\nmedical condition to use an employee toilet facility if the act or omission:\n\n   1. Is not willful or grossly negligent; and\n\n   2. Occurs in an area of the retail establishment that is not accessible to the\n   public.\n\nB. No retail establishment shall be required to make any changes to an employee\ntoilet facility under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 640.","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"}}