Code of Virginia - Title 8.01 Civil Remedies And Procedure - Section 8.01-220.2 Spousal liability for emergency medical care

§ 8.01-220.2. Spousal liability for emergency medical care

On and after July 1, 1984, each spouse shall be jointly and severally liable for all emergency medical care furnished to the other spouse by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth, or by a hospital located in the Commonwealth, including all follow-up inpatient care provided during the initial emergency admission to any such hospital, which is furnished while the spouses are living together. For the purposes of this section, emergency medical care shall mean any care the attending physician or other health care professional deems necessary to preserve the patient's life or health and which, if not rendered timely, can be reasonably anticipated to adversely affect the patient's recovery or imperil his life or health.

(1984, c. 482.)

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