HB2166: Reporting of medical aid or treatment for drug overdoses.
HOUSE BILL NO. 2166
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54.1-2967 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-2967. Physicians and others rendering medical aid to report certain wounds and overdoses.
Any physician or other person who renders any medical aid or
treatment to any person for (i)
any wound which such physician or other person knows or has reason to believe
is a wound inflicted by a weapon specified in § 18.2-308 and which wound such
physician or other person believes or has reason to believe was not
self-inflicted or (ii) an overdose that
such physician or other person knows or has reason to believe is an overdose of
a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II of the Drug Control Act
(§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) shall as soon as practicable report
such fact, including the
wounded person's name and address of
the person receiving medical aid or treatment, if known, to
the sheriff or chief of police of the county or city in which medical aid or treatment is
rendered. If such medical aid or treatment is rendered in a hospital or similar
institution, such physician or other person rendering such medical aid or
treatment shall immediately notify the person in charge of such hospital or
similar institution, who shall make such report forthwith.
Any physician or other person failing to comply with this
section shall be is
guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Any person participating in the making of a
report pursuant to this section or participating in a judicial proceeding
resulting therefrom shall be immune from any civil liability in connection
therewith, unless it is proved that such person acted in bad faith or with
malicious intent.