No weight loss center or clinic shall, in its name or advertisements, use the words "physicians" or "doctors" or refer to its clients as "patients" or indicate that "medical teams" are available in its facility unless (i) the facility employs at least one registered nurse full-time and employs or contracts with at least one physician licensed by the Board of Medicine for services or consultation in connection with the facility's activities; or (ii) the facility is under the full-time supervision of a physician; or (iii) the clinic or program is operated by or in conjunction with a licensed hospital. Any physician affiliated with a weight loss center or clinic for purposes of consultation or supervision shall have primary responsibility for decisions made within the scope of that affiliation relating to the provision of medical services or care to persons using the services of that facility and shall have primary responsibility for medical decisions relating to the evaluation of the appropriateness of the admission of persons to the weight loss program. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
1988, c. 765.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
§ 18.2-494. Unlawful use of, filling or refilling or trafficking in containers
§ 18.2-495. Presumptive evidence
§ 18.2-496. Punishment for violation
§ 18.2-498.3. Misrepresentations prohibited
§ 18.2-498.4. Duty to provide certified statement
§ 18.2-498.5. Actions on behalf of Commonwealth or localities
§ 18.2-500. Same; civil relief; damages and counsel fees; injunctions
§ 18.2-501. Same; protection of persons testifying or producing evidence
§ 18.2-502. Medical referral for profit
§ 18.2-502.1. Weight loss centers or clinics; disclosure
§ 18.2-502.2. Warning required for certain medical tests; penalty
§ 18.2-503. Possession or duplication of certain keys
§ 18.2-504. Destroying or concealing wills
§ 18.2-504.1. Unlawful change of name; punishment
§ 18.2-505. Preparation, etc., of papers to be submitted for academic credit
§ 18.2-506. "Person" and "prepare" defined
§ 18.2-507. Injunctions against violation of § 18.2-505
§ 18.2-509. Employment of lights under certain circumstances
§ 18.2-510. Burial or cremation of animals or fowls which have died
§ 18.2-511. Sale of certain military grave markers prohibited
§ 18.2-511.1. Smoking in proximity to a medical oxygen source in a health care facility; penalty