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§ 32.1-123. Definitions - As used in this article unless a different meaning or...
§ 32.1-124. Exemptions - The provisions of §§ 32.1-123 through 32.1-136 shall not be...
§ 32.1-125. Establishment or operation of hospitals and nursing homes prohibited without license or certification; licenses not transferable - A. No person shall own, establish, conduct, maintain, manage or...
§ 32.1-125.01. Failing to report; penalty - Any hospital or nursing home that has not paid civil...
§ 32.1-125.1. Inspection of hospitals by state agencies generally - As used in this section unless the context requires a...
§ 32.1-125.2. Disclosure of other providers of services - A. 1. Any hospital which has, or is affiliated with...
§ 32.1-125.3. Bed capacity and licensure in hospitals designated as critical access hospitals; designation as rural hospital - A. Any medical care facility licensed as a hospital pursuant...
§ 32.1-125.4. Retaliation or discrimination against complainants - No hospital may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against...
§ 32.1-125.5. Confidentiality of complainant's identity - Whenever the Department conducts inspections and investigations in response to...
§ 32.1-126. Commissioner to inspect and to issue licenses to or assure compliance with certification requirements for hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities; notice of denial of license; consultative advice and assistance; notice... - A. Pursuant to this article, the Commissioner shall issue licenses...
§ 32.1-126.01. Employment for compensation of persons convicted of barrier crimes prohibited; criminal records check required; suspension or revocation of license - A. A licensed nursing home shall not hire for compensated...
§ 32.1-126.02. Hospital pharmacy employees; criminal records check required - A. A licensed hospital shall obtain, within sixty days of...
§ 32.1-126.1. Asbestos inspection for hospitals - The Commissioner shall not issue a license to or renew...
§ 32.1-126.2. Fire suppression systems required in nursing facilities and nursing homes - After January 1, 1993, the Commissioner shall not issue a...
§ 32.1-126.3. Fire suppression systems required in hospitals - After January 1, 1998, the Commissioner shall not issue a...
§ 32.1-126.4. Hospital standing orders or protocols for certain vaccinations - A. A hospital may provide or arrange for the administration...
§ 32.1-126.5. Consolidation of inspections - The Commissioner shall identify any inspection of a medical care...
§ 32.1-127. Regulations - A. The regulations promulgated by the Board to carry out...
§ 32.1-127.001. Certain design and construction standards to be incorporated in hospital and nursing home licensure regulations - Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, the Board...
§ 32.1-127.01. Regulations to authorize certain sanctions and guidelines - The regulations established pursuant to § 32.1-127 shall authorize the...
§ 32.1-127.1. Immunity from liability for routine referral for organ and tissue donation - Any chief administrative officer of a hospital or his designee...
§ 32.1-127.1:01. Record storage - A. Health records, as defined in § 32.1-127.1:03, may be...
§ 32.1-127.1:02. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1997, c. 682.
§ 32.1-127.1:03. Health records privacy - A. There is hereby recognized an individual's right of privacy...
§ 32.1-127.1:04. Use or disclosure of certain protected health information required - A. The coordination of prevention and control of disease, injury,...
§ 32.1-127.1:05. Breach of medical information notification - A. As used in this section: "Breach of the security...
§ 32.1-127.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1991, c. 94.
§ 32.1-127.3. Immunity from liability for certain free health care services - A. No hospital employee who renders health care services at...
§ 32.1-128. Applicability to hospitals and nursing homes for practice of religious tenets - Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize or...
§ 32.1-129. Application for license - Each application for a hospital or nursing home license shall...
§ 32.1-130. Service charges - A. A service charge of $1.50 per patient bed for...
§ 32.1-131. Expiration and renewal of licenses - All licenses shall expire at midnight December 31 of the...
§ 32.1-132. Alterations or additions to hospitals and nursing homes; when new license required; use of inpatient hospital beds for furnishing skilled care services - A. Any person who desires to make any substantial alteration...
§ 32.1-133. Display of license - The current license shall at all times be posted in...
§ 32.1-133.1. Human trafficking hotline; posted notice required; civil penalty - Any health care facility (i) licensed as a hospital pursuant...
§ 32.1-134. Family planning information in hospitals providing maternity care - Every hospital providing maternity care shall, prior to releasing each...
§ 32.1-134.01. Certain information required for maternity patients - Every licensed nurse midwife, licensed midwife, or hospital providing maternity...
§ 32.1-134.02. Infants; blood sample provided to parents - Every hospital providing maternity care shall offer to obtain a...
§ 32.1-134.1. When denial, etc., to duly licensed physician of staff membership or professional privileges improper - It shall be an improper practice for the governing body...
§ 32.1-134.2. Clinical privileges for certain practitioners - The grant or denial of clinical privileges to licensed podiatrists...
§ 32.1-134.3. Response to applications for clinical privileges - Whenever a podiatrist or certified nurse midwife licensed as a...
§ 32.1-134.4. Right of podiatrists or nurse practitioners to injunction - Any licensed podiatrist or certified nurse midwife licensed as a...
§ 32.1-135. Revocation or suspension of license or certification; restriction or prohibition of new admissions to nursing home - A. In accordance with applicable regulations of the Board, the...
§ 32.1-135.1. Certain advertisements prohibited - No hospital licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall...
§ 32.1-135.2. Offer or payment of remuneration in exchange for referral prohibited - No hospital licensed pursuant to this chapter shall knowingly and...
§ 32.1-136. Violation; penalties - Any person owning, establishing, conducting, maintaining, managing or operating a...
§ 32.1-137. Certification of medical care facilities under Title XVIII of Social Security Act - The Board shall constitute the sole agency of the Commonwealth...
§ 32.1-137.01. Posting of charity care policies - A. Every hospital shall provide written information about the hospital's...
§ 32.1-137.02. Hospital discharge procedures - Before a hospital discharges a patient, it shall, to the...
§ 32.1-137.03. Discharge planning; designation of individual to provide care - A. Every hospital (i) shall provide each patient admitted as...
§ 32.1-137.04. Patient notice of observation or outpatient status - A. A hospital shall provide oral and written notice to...
§ 32.1-137.05. (Effective until July 1, 2023) Information regarding standard charges; advance estimate of patient payment amount for elective procedure, test, or service - Every hospital shall, upon request of a patient scheduled to...
§ 32.1-137.05. (Effective July 1, 2023) Information regarding standard charges; advance estimate of patient payment amount for elective procedure, test, or service - Every hospital shall, upon request of a patient scheduled to...
§ 32.1-137.06. Lyme disease test result information - A. Every laboratory reporting the results of a test for...
§ 32.1-137.07. Violations of certain provisions; penalty - If the Commissioner receives a report from the State Corporation...
§ 32.1-137.08. Medical care facilities; persons with disabilities; designated support persons - A. As used in this section: "Activity of daily living"...
§ 32.1-137.09. Hospital emergency department CPT code data reporting - A. Every hospital in the Commonwealth that includes an emergency...
§ 32.1-137.010. Financial assistance; payment plans - A. As used in this section: "Patient" means any adult...
§ 32.1-137.1. Definitions - As used in this and the following article, unless the...
§ 32.1-137.2. Certification of quality assurance; application; issuance; denial; renewal - A. Every managed care health insurance plan licensee shall request...
§ 32.1-137.3. Regulations - Consistent with its duties to protect the health, safety, and...
§ 32.1-137.4. Examination, review or investigation - A. The Commissioner shall cause each managed care health insurance...
§ 32.1-137.5. Civil penalties; probation; suspension; restriction or prohibition of new enrollments to managed care health insurance plan licensee; revocation or nonrenewal of certificate of quality assurance; appeal process; correction - A. In accordance with applicable regulations of the Board and...
§ 32.1-137.6. Complaint system - A. Each managed care health insurance plan licensee subject to...
§ 32.1-137.7. Definitions - As used in this article: "Adverse determination" means a determination...
§ 32.1-137.8. Application to and compliance by utilization review entities - A. No utilization review entity shall perform utilization review with...
§ 32.1-137.9. Requirements and standards for utilization review entities - A. Each entity shall establish reasonable and prudent standards and...
§ 32.1-137.10. Utilization review plan required - A. Each utilization review entity subject to this article shall...
§ 32.1-137.11. Accessibility of utilization review entity - A utilization review entity shall provide accessibility for covered persons...
§ 32.1-137.12. Emergencies; extensions; access to and confidentiality of patient-specific medical records and information - A. For emergency health care, authorization may be requested by...
§ 32.1-137.13. Adverse determination - A. The treating provider shall be notified in writing of...
§ 32.1-137.14. Reconsideration of adverse determination - A. A treating provider may request reconsideration of an adverse...
§ 32.1-137.15. Adverse determination; appeal - Each entity shall establish an internal appeals process, including a...
§ 32.1-137.16. Records - Every entity subject to Article 1.1 (§ 32.1-137.1 et seq.)...
§ 32.1-137.17. Limitation on Commissioner's jurisdiction - The Commissioner shall have the right to determine compliance with...
§ 32.1-138. Enumeration; posting of policies; staff training; responsibilities devolving on guardians, etc.; exceptions; certification of compliance - A. The governing body of a nursing home facility required...
§ 32.1-138.1. Implementation of transfer and discharge policies - A. To implement and conform with the provisions of subdivision...
§ 32.1-138.2. Certain contract provisions prohibited - No contract or agreement for nursing home care shall contain...
§ 32.1-138.3. Third party guarantor prohibition - Any facility certified under Title XVIII or XIX of the...
§ 32.1-138.4. Retaliation or discrimination against complainants - No nursing facility may retaliate or discriminate in any manner...
§ 32.1-138.5. Confidentiality of complainant's identity - Whenever the Department conducts inspections and investigations in response to...
§ 32.1-138.6. Definitions - In this chapter the following terms have the meanings indicated:...
§ 32.1-138.7. Certificates of registration required; issuance; transferability; regulations - A private review agent may not conduct utilization reviews in...
§ 32.1-138.8. Consultation with health regulatory boards - If in the administration of this article a question concerning...
§ 32.1-138.9. Standards for approval - Each private review agent shall file an application with the...
§ 32.1-138.10. Expiration; renewal - Each certificate of registration shall expire on the second anniversary...
§ 32.1-138.11. Denial; revocation - A. The Department may deny a certificate of registration to...
§ 32.1-138.12. Waiver of requirements of article - The Department shall waive the requirements of this article for...
§ 32.1-138.13. Access to and confidentiality of patient-specific medical records and information - Private review agents who have been granted a certificate of...
§ 32.1-138.14. No private right of action created - This article shall not be construed to create a private...
§ 32.1-138.15. Regulations - The Department shall promulgate regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Process...
§ 32.1-139. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1993, c. 203.
§ 32.1-145. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 641, cl. 2.
§ 32.1-148. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, c. 899.
§ 32.1-157. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 497.
§ 32.1-162.1. Definitions - As used in this article unless a different meaning or...
§ 32.1-162.2. Exemptions from article - The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to:...
§ 32.1-162.3. License required for hospice programs; notice of denial of license; renewal thereof - A. No person shall establish or operate a hospice or...
§ 32.1-162.4. Inspections - The Commissioner may cause each hospice licensed under this article...
§ 32.1-162.5. Regulations - A. The Board shall prescribe such regulations governing the activities...
§ 32.1-162.5:1. Notice to dispenser of patient's death; disposition of dispensed drugs - A. Any hospice licensed by the Department or exempt from...
§ 32.1-162.6. Revocation or suspension of license - A. The Commissioner is authorized to revoke or suspend any...
§ 32.1-162.6:1. Possession or administration of cannabis oil - Hospice and hospice facility employees who are authorized to possess,...
§ 32.1-162.7. Definitions - As used in this article: "Health care professional" means any...
§ 32.1-162.8. Exemptions from article - The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to:...
§ 32.1-162.9. Licenses required; renewal thereof - A. No person shall establish or operate a home care...
§ 32.1-162.9:1. Employment for compensation of persons convicted of barrier crimes prohibited; criminal records check required; drug testing; suspension or revocation of license - A. A licensed home care organization as defined in §...
§ 32.1-162.10. Inspections; fees - State agencies shall make or cause to be made only...
§ 32.1-162.11. Liability insurance required - Every licensed home care organization shall obtain and maintain a...
§ 32.1-162.12. Regulations - The Board shall prescribe such regulations governing the activities and...
§ 32.1-162.13. Revocation or suspension of license - A. The Commissioner is authorized to revoke or suspend any...
§ 32.1-162.14. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 449.
§ 32.1-162.15. Violation; penalties - Any person owning, establishing, conducting, maintaining, managing or operating a...
§ 32.1-162.15:1. Unlawful advertising as a home care organization - It shall be unlawful for any person not licensed as...
§ 32.1-162.15:2. (Effective July 1, 2023) Definitions - "Anonymous physical evidence recovery kit" has the same meaning as...
§ 32.1-162.15:3. (Effective July 1, 2023) Services for survivors of sexual assault; plan required - A. Every hospital licensed by the Department shall develop and,...
§ 32.1-162.15:4. (For effective date, see Acts 2020, c 725) Treatment services - A. The Board shall adopt regulations to establish standards for...
§ 32.1-162.15:5. Transfer services - The Board shall adopt regulations to establish standards for review...
§ 32.1-162.15:6. (Effective July 1, 2023) Services for pediatric survivors of sexual assault; plan required - A. A pediatric health care facility may provide treatment services...
§ 32.1-162.15:7. (Effective July 1, 2023) Inspections; report required - A. The Department shall periodically conduct such inspections of hospitals...
§ 32.1-162.15:8. (Effective July 1, 2023) Storage, retention, and dissemination of photographic documentation - Photographic documentation collected by a treatment hospital or approved pediatric...
§ 32.1-162.15:9. (Effective July 1, 2023) Submission of evidence - Every treatment hospital and approved pediatric health care facility that...
§ 32.1-162.15:10. (Effective July 1, 2023) Complaints - The Department shall establish a process for receiving complaints regarding...
§ 32.1-162.15:11. Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault - A. There is hereby created the Task Force on Services...