In situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of a public safety officer’s employment and where the public safety officer’s injury arose out of and in the course of his employment, absent a misconduct defense asserted pursuant to § 65.2-306, such injury shall be compensable under this title. As used in this section, “public safety officer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in § 9.1-801.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 65.2-301.1

  • Injury: means only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment or occupational disease as defined in Chapter 4 (§ Virginia Code 65.2-101

2013, cc. 174, 458.

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