§ 8.01-227.1. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 250, cl. 2.
§ 8.01-227.4. Definitions
As used in this article: “Controlled substance” means a controlled substance as defined in Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2. “Health care provider” means a health care provider as defined in § 8.01-581.1. 2002, c. 863.
§ 8.01-227.5. Persons who may bring action; persons against whom actions may be brought; damages recoverable
A. A parent or legal custodian may bring an action for damages incurred because of his child’s unlawful use of a controlled substance while under the age of eighteen against a natural person age eighteen years or older who sold, administered, furnished or knowingly participated in the unlawful distribution of a controlled substance to the […]
§ 8.01-226.8. Civil immunity for public and nonprofit corporation officials and private volunteers participating in certain programs for probationers
Probation officers; court personnel; state, county, city, and town personnel; any other public officials; and private volunteers who participate in a program where persons on probation or community service are ordered as a condition of probation or community service to pick up litter along a section of public roadway or waterway, to perform recycling duties […]
§ 8.01-226.9. Exemption from civil liability in connection with arrest or detention of person suspected of shoplifting
A merchant, agent or employee of the merchant, who causes the arrest or detention of any person pursuant to the provisions of §§ 18.2-95, 18.2-96 or § 18.2-103, shall not be held civilly liable for unlawful detention, if such detention does not exceed one hour, slander, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, false arrest, or assault and […]
§ 8.01-226.10. Civil immunity for causing the arrest of a person for a bad check
If payment of any check, draft, or order for the payment of money is refused by the financial institution, trust company or other depository upon which such instrument is drawn, and the person who drew or uttered such instrument is arrested or prosecuted under the provisions of § 18.2-181 or § 18.2-182, for failure or […]
§ 8.01-226.11. Civil immunity for operation of victim notification program
The Virginia Sheriffs’ Association and the Virginia Community Policing Institute, and the directors, managers, members, officers and employees of such entities shall be immune from civil liability for their acts or omissions relating to the establishment and operation of an automated victim notification system unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence […]
§ 8.01-226.12. Duty of landlord and managing agent with respect to visible mold
A. As used in this section, the following definitions apply: “Authorized occupant” means a person entitled to occupy a dwelling unit with the consent of the landlord, but who has not signed the rental agreement and therefore does not have the rights and obligations as a tenant under the rental agreement. “Dwelling unit” means a […]
§ 8.01-226.5. Immunity for installers and inspectors of child restraint devices
Any person who has successfully met the minimum required training standards for installation of child restraint devices established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, who in good faith and without compensation installs, or inspects the installation of, a child restraint device shall not be liable for any […]
§ 8.01-226.5:1. Civil immunity for school board employees supervising self-administration of certain medication
A. Any school principal or other employee of a school board who, in good faith, without compensation, and in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, supervises the self-administration of inhaled asthma medications or auto-injectable epinephrine by a student, pursuant to § 22.1-274.2, shall not be liable for any civil damages for acts or […]