46.2-1096 - Exceptions for certain children. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1096. Exceptions for certain children.

Whenever any physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth orany other state determines, through accepted medical procedures, that use ofa child restraint system by a particular child would be impractical by reasonof the child's weight, physical unfitness, or other medical reason, the childshall be exempt from the provisions of this article. Any person transportinga child so exempted shall carry on his or her person or in the vehicle asigned written statement of the physician identifying the child so exemptedand stating the grounds therefor.

(1982, c. 634, § 46.1-314.3; 1983, c. 296; 1989, c. 727.)