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V.I. Code tit. 23, § 578 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 8 - Junior Firefighter Corps|§ 578. Membership requirements

 (a) Membership in the Junior Firefighter Corps shall be voluntary and limited to able-bodied residents of the Virgin Islands aged nine to eighteen years, who have resided in the Virgin Islands for not less than two years and who are students in good standing in recognized schools in the Virgin Islands. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, and where otherwise qualified, members of the Junior Firefighter Corps in good standing and who have completed a minimum of two years of training shall be given priority by the Director when recruiting members for the Fire Service, provided they have successfully passed the written examination required of all firefighters and have attained the age of eighteen. (c) Two positions, in each island district, either on the vacant and/or the new position listing, shall be reserved annually for Junior Firefighters who have successfully met all of the requirements in subsection (b) of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 579 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 8 - Junior Firefighter Corps|§ 579. Active duty for and remuneration of trainees

 Trainees in the Junior Firefighter Corps shall, after sufficient training, be assigned to appropriate firefighting duties and shall be entitled to a cash allowance to be determined by rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of the Fire Service and approved by the Governor; provided, however, that a minimum weekly attendance for training and instructions shall be complied with by each trainee. The cash allowance authorized herein shall be paid from any annual appropriation provided to the Virgin Islands Fire Service. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, members of the Junior Firefighter Corps shall not, by virtue of their service as such members, be considered employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and shall not be entitled on account of such service to fringe benefits, participation in the Employees Retirement System of the Virgin Islands Government or any similar benefits or program. Trainees of the Junior Firefighter Corps shall, however, be entitled to receive Workers' Compensation Administration benefits in accordance with the provisions of section 282 of Title 24, and payment granted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be considered monetary compensation within the meaning of subsection (b) of section 282 of Title 24.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1091 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1091. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as The Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1093 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1093. Applicability to volunteer health practitioners

 This chapter applies to volunteer health practitioners registered with a registration system that complies with section 1095 and who provide health or veterinary services in the Virgin Islands for a host entity while an emergency declaration is in effect.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1094 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1094. Regulation of services during emergency

 (a) While an emergency declaration is in effect, VITEMA may limit, restrict, or otherwise regulate: (1) the duration of practice by volunteer health practitioners; (2) the geographical areas in which volunteer health practitioners may practice; (3) the types of volunteer health practitioners who may practice; and (4) any other matters necessary to coordinate effectively the provision of health or veterinary services during the emergency. (b) An order issued pursuant to subsection (a) may take effect immediately, without prior notice or comment. (c) A host entity that uses volunteer health practitioners to provide health or veterinary services in the Virgin Islands shall: (1) consult and coordinate its activities with the Director and the Commissioner of Health to the extent practicable to provide for the efficient and effective use of volunteer health practitioners; and (2) comply with any other laws relating to the management of emergency health or veterinary services.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1095 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1095. Volunteer health practitioner registration systems

 (a) To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system must: (1) accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before or during an emergency; (2) include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners which is accessible by authorized persons; (3) be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services or veterinary services are provided under this chapter; and (4) meet one of the following conditions: (A) be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health-care practitioners established by a state and funded through the Department of Health and Human Services under section 319I of the Public Health Services Act, 42 USC, Section 247d-7b; (B) be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped emergency response, public health, and medical personnel formed pursuant to Section 2801 of the Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C. 300hh; (C) be operated by a: (i) disaster relief organization; (ii) licensing board; (iii) national or regional association of licensing boards or health practitioners; (iv) health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health-care services, including a tertiary care and teaching hospital; or (v) governmental entity; or (D) be designated by the Commissioner of Health as a registration system for purposes of this subsection. (b) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the Commissioner of Health, the Director or a person authorized to act on behalf of the Commissioner of Health or the Director, or a host entity, may confirm whether volunteer health practitioners utilized in this Territory are registered with a registration system that complies with subsection (a). Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners from the system and determining whether the system indicates that the practitioners are licensed and in good standing. (c) Upon request of a person in this Territory authorized under subsection (b), or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system located in this Territory shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing. (d) A host entity is not required to use the services of a volunteer health practitioner even if the practitioner is registered with a registration system that indicates that the practitioner is licensed and in good standing.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1096 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1096. Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states

 (a) While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner, registered with a registration system that complies with section 1095 and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the practitioner's registration is based, may practice in the Virgin Islands to the extent authorized by this chapter as if the practitioner were licensed in the Territory. (b) A volunteer health practitioner qualified under subsection (a) is not entitled to the protections of this chapter if the practitioner is licensed in more than one state and any license of the practitioner is suspended, revoked, or subject to an agency order limiting or restricting practice privileges, or has been voluntarily terminated under threat of sanction.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1097 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1097. No effect on credentialing and privileging

 (a) In this section: (1) “Credentialing” means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services in or for a health facility. (2) “Privileging” means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governing body, of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include license, education, training, experience, competence, health status, and specialized skill. (b) This chapter does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1098 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1098. Provision of volunteer health or veterinary services; administrative sanctions

 (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a volunteer health practitioner shall adhere to the scope of practice for a similarly licensed practitioner established by the licensing provisions, practice acts, or other laws of the Virgin Islands. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), this chapter does not authorize a volunteer health practitioner to provide services that are outside the practitioner's scope of practice, even if a similarly licensed practitioner in this Territory would be permitted to provide the services. (c) The Director may modify or restrict the health or veterinary services that volunteer health practitioners may provide pursuant to this chapter. (d) A host entity may restrict the health or veterinary services that a volunteer health practitioner may provide pursuant to this chapter. (e) A volunteer health practitioner does not engage in unauthorized practice unless the practitioner has reason to know of any limitation, modification, or restriction under this section or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this Territory would not be permitted to provide the services. A volunteer health practitioner has reason to know of a limitation, modification, or restriction or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide a service if: (1) the practitioner knows the limitation, modification, or restriction exists or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide the service; or (2) from all the facts and circumstances known to the practitioner at the relevant time, a reasonable person would conclude that the limitation, modification, or restriction exists or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide the service. (f) In addition to the authority granted by other Virgin Islands law to regulate the conduct of health practitioners, the appropriate licensing board in this Territory: (1) may impose administrative sanctions upon a health practitioner licensed in the Virgin Islands for conduct outside of the Territory in response to an out-of-state emergency; (2) may impose administrative sanctions upon a practitioner not licensed in the Virgin Islands for conduct in the Territory in response to an in-state emergency; and (3) shall report any administrative sanctions imposed upon a practitioner licensed in another state to the appropriate licensing board or other disciplinary authority in any other state in which the practitioner is known to be licensed. (g) In determining whether to impose administrative sanctions under subsection (f), the appropriate licensing board or other disciplinary authority shall consider the circumstances in which the conduct took place, including any exigent circumstances, and the practitioner's scope of practice, education, training, experience, and specialized skill.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1099 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1099. Relation to other laws

 (a) This chapter does not limit rights, privileges, or immunities provided to volunteer health practitioners by other laws. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), this chapter does not affect requirements for the use of health practitioners pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact under section 1051 et seq. of this title. (b) The Director pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact may incorporate into the emergency forces of the Territory volunteer health practitioners who are not officers or employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands, an instrumentality of the Government or other political subdivision of the Government of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1100 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1100. Regulatory authority

 The Director may promulgate rules to implement this chapter. In doing so the Director shall consult with and consider the recommendations of the Adjunct General and any entity delegated to coordinate the implementation of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and shall also consult with and consider rules promulgated by similarly empowered agencies in other states to promote uniformity of application of this chapter and make the emergency response systems in the various states reasonably compatible.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1101. Limitations on civil liability for volunteer health practitioners; vicarious liability

 (a) Subject to subsection (c), a volunteer health practitioner who provides health or veterinary services pursuant to this chapter is not liable for damages for an act or omission of the practitioner in providing those services. (b) No person is vicariously liable for damages for an act or omission of a volunteer health practitioner if the practitioner is not liable for the damages under subsection (a). (c) This section does not limit the liability of a volunteer health practitioner for: (1) willful misconduct or wanton, grossly negligent, reckless, or criminal conduct; (2) an intentional tort; (3) breach of contract; (4) a claim asserted by a host entity or by an entity located in this or another state which employs or uses the services of the practitioner; or (5) an act or omission relating to the operation of a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other vehicle. (d) A person that, pursuant to this chapter, operates, uses, or relies upon information provided by a volunteer health practitioner registration system is not liable for damages for an act or omission relating to that operation, use, or reliance, unless the act or omission is an intentional tort or is willful misconduct or wanton, grossly negligent, reckless, or criminal conduct. (e) In addition to the protections provided in subsection (a), a volunteer health practitioner who provides health or veterinary services pursuant to this chapter is entitled to all the rights, privileges, or immunities provided by 19 V.I.C. § 217, 23 V.I.C. § 1057, 24 V.I.C. § 282 and any other law granting such rights, privileges and immunities.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1102 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1102. Workers' compensation coverage

 (a) In this section, “injury” means a physical or mental injury or disease for which an employee of this Territory who is injured or contracts the disease in the course of the employee's employment would be entitled to benefits under the workers' compensation law of this Territory. (b) A volunteer health practitioner who dies or is injured as the result of providing health or veterinary services pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be an employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the purpose of receiving benefits for the death or injury under the workers' compensation law of the Virgin Islands if: (1) the practitioner is not otherwise eligible for such benefits for the injury or death under the law of the Virgin Islands or another state; and (2) the practitioner, or in the case of death, the practitioner's personal representative, elects coverage under the workers' compensation law of the Virgin Islands by making a claim under that law. (c) The Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor shall adopt rules, enter into agreements with other states, or take other measures to facilitate the receipt of benefits for injury or death under the workers' compensation law of the Virgin Islands by volunteer health practitioners who reside in other states, and may waive or modify requirements for filing, processing, and paying claims that unreasonably burden the practitioners. To promote uniformity of application of this chapter with other states that enact similar legislation, the Commissioner of Labor shall consult with and consider the practices for filing, processing, and paying claims by agencies with similar authority in other states.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1103. Uniformity of application and construction

 In applying and construing this chapter, as a “uniform act”, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1104 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 11 - Virgin Islands Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners|§ 1104. Severability

 If any provision of this chapter, or the application of any such provision to any person, thing, or circumstance, is determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the determination of invalidity does not affect, impair, or invalidate the other provisions, or the application of the other provisions of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to effect this purpose the provisions of this chapter are severable.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1151 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 13 - Police Auxiliary|§ 1151. Establishment of Virgin Islands Police Auxiliary

 (a) There is established an organization of public safety and relief to be known as the Virgin Islands Police Auxiliary. (b) Provided that all provisions of this chapter are fulfilled, the Virgin Islands Police Auxiliary may be composed of such Home Guard units as are now in existence in the Virgin Islands at the time of the effective date of this Code or such Police Auxiliary Units as may hereafter be established.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1152 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 13 - Police Auxiliary|§ 1152. Coordination, supervision and direction of Police Auxiliary

 (a) The Police Commissioner shall act as the Commanding Officer of the Police Auxiliary and shall coordinate, supervise and direct the Police Auxiliary, subject to the approval of the Governor. (b) The Governor shall act as the Chief Executive Officer of the Police Auxiliary.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1153 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 13 - Police Auxiliary|§ 1153. Organization of Police Auxiliary

 The Police Commissioner shall by regulations approved by the Governor provide for the organization of the Police Auxiliary including— (1) numerical membership; (2) number and rank of officers; (3) physical and moral qualifications for enlistment; and (4) such other matters as may be required for the proper functioning of the Police Auxiliary.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1154 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 13 - Police Auxiliary|§ 1154. Membership of Police Auxiliary

 (a) Membership in the Virgin Islands Police Auxiliary shall be voluntary and limited to able-bodied male or female citizens of the United States and/or permanent residents of the Virgin Islands who are between the ages of eighteen and fifty. (b) Members of the Police Auxiliary shall work a minimum of twenty (20) hours per month unless otherwise ordered by the Commissioner of Police.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1155 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 13 - Police Auxiliary|§ 1155. Selection for enlistment

 The selection of persons for enlistment in the Police Auxiliary shall be made in an impartial manner and without discrimination against any person on account of creed, race, or color.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1156 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 13 - Police Auxiliary|§ 1156. Remuneration of members of the Police Auxiliary

 Payment shall be made to members of the Police Auxiliary, who are ordered to duty by the Police Commissioner or his authorized designee. Such payment shall be made in accordance with Title 3, section 566 of this Code, out of any annual appropriation therefor to the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.). Members of the Police Auxiliary who work a minimum of 40 hours per week shall be entitled to leave benefits as prescribed by Title 3, subchapter VI of this Code and shall be eligible to participate in the Government Employees Retirement System. All members of the Police Auxiliary shall be eligible to receive workmen's compensation in accordance with Title 24, section 282 of this Code and payment granted by this section shall not be considered monetary compensation for the purposes of Title 24, section 282, subsection (b) of this Code. Members of the Police Auxiliary shall be paid a minimum of 75% of the beginning hourly wages of a police officer while called to duty by the Governor, Commissioner of Police or his designee. The Police Commissioner or his designee is authorized to negotiate for the deployment of the auxiliary police within other government agencies and instrumentalities subject to the availability of personnel.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1157 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 13 - Police Auxiliary|§ 1157. Duties of Police Auxiliary

 Members of the Police Auxiliary shall cooperate with the police force at all times and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Governor. When on duty or during times of emergency declared by the Governor, members of the Police Auxiliary shall have peace officer status as authorized in Title 5, chapter 305, Virgin Islands Code.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1158 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 13 - Police Auxiliary|§ 1158. Oath of allegiance, promotions

 The Commanding Officer may give the oath of allegiance to the members of the Police Auxiliary and promote from the ranks, in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to section 1153 of this title, the noncommissioned officers necessary for the proper functioning of the organization.