Any pilot piloting a vessel shall have full discretion as to when the vessel shall be piloted to or from sea, or to or from any port or place within the Commonwealth or situated within any of the waters referred to in § 54.1-910. The pilot's discretion shall be exercised in a reasonable way, with a view to the vessel's safety as well as with a view to the safety of the Commonwealth's waters and ports.
Code 1950, § 54-558; 1988, c. 765.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
§ 54.1-901. Appointment and removal of members; quorum; clerk
§ 54.1-902. Regulations; suspension or revocation of license; penalty for violation
§ 54.1-903. Decisions of controversies between pilots and masters, etc.; judgment of Board
§ 54.1-904. Limitation of powers of Board
§ 54.1-905. Examination of pilots; issuance of license; bonds and oath of office
§ 54.1-906. Expiration and renewal of licenses
§ 54.1-907. Fee for original license and license renewal
§ 54.1-908. State and local licenses prohibited
§ 54.1-909. License as limited branch pilot
§ 54.1-910. What vessels to take pilots and where
§ 54.1-911. Notice to pilot officers
§ 54.1-912. Employing unlicensed pilots
§ 54.1-913. Concealing name of vessel
§ 54.1-914. Keeping pilot boat
§ 54.1-915. Pilot first meeting vessel at sea to have preference
§ 54.1-916. Discretion of pilot piloting vessel
§ 54.1-917. Enforcement of suspension
§ 54.1-919. Appeal from action of Commission
§ 54.1-920. Detention on seagoing vessel
§ 54.1-921. Quarantine detention
§ 54.1-922. Liability for pilotage and other allowances
§ 54.1-923. When pilot to produce branch
§ 54.1-924. Piloting, etc., vessel without license; how offenders proceeded against
§ 54.1-925. Exception as to vessels in distress