Bill Text: VA HB1309 | 2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: St. Emerg. Medical Services Advisory Bd.; guidelines for provision of emerg. trtmt. of police dogs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550) [HB1309 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB1309-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 550 An Act to have the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board develop guidelines and guidance for the provision of emergency treatment of fire, police, and search and rescue dogs. [H 1309] Approved April 5, 2024

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board shall, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine, develop guidelines and guidance for the provision of emergency treatment of fire, police, and search and rescue dogs injured in the line of duty and the transportation of such dogs by an emergency medical services vehicle to a veterinary care facility equipped to provide emergency treatment to such dog.