Sunday, October 12, 2008
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Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
SB958: Emergency service providers; advanced life support procedures.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. The Board of Health shall promulgate regulations to allow certified advanced life support providers, in emergency situations where a second emergency provider who is at least a certified emergency medical technician is not available, to perform advanced life support procedures with whatever support may be available. In such situations, the certified advanced life support provider shall not be held liable for any injury resulting from the performance of such life support procedures, provided his actions are otherwise in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
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