46.2-1100 - Use of standard seat belts permitted for certain children. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1100. Use of standard seat belts permitted for certain children.

The use of a seat belt of the type which is standard equipment shall notviolate this article if (i) the affected child is at least four years old butless than eight years old and (ii) any physician licensed to practicemedicine in the Commonwealth or any other state determines that use of achild restraint system by a particular child would be impractical by reasonof the child's weight, physical fitness, or other medical reason, providedthat any person transporting a child so exempted shall carry on his person orin the vehicle a signed written statement of the physician identifying thechild so exempted and stating the grounds for the determination.

(1982, c. 634, § 46.1-314.7; 1989, c. 727; 2002, cc. 616, 660; 2007, cc. 91,935.)