§ 65-2-301-1

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.\n2013, cc. 174, 458.