No commercial medical testing kit designed for consumer home use shall be sold in this Commonwealth unless a warning is provided to the consumer to the effect that such tests may produce erroneous results and that medical testing is more accurate when performed by professionals within the controlled conditions of a laboratory. The consumer shall be advised to seek professional medical consultation and, if recommended, another test for validation of such test results.
Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
1989, c. 142.
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