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Virginia Statutes, Title 32.1

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Title 32.1, Title 32.1. Health

21 chapters · 768 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 32.1768 Ch 5, Chapter 5. Regulation of Medical Car…166 Ch 6, Chapter 6. Environmental Health Serv…133 Ch 2, Chapter 2. Disease Prevention and Co…125 Ch 4, Chapter 4. Health Care Planning.90 Ch 1, Chapter 1. Administration Generally.58 Ch 7, Chapter 7. Vital Records.49 Ch 10, Chapter 10. Department of Medical As…46 Ch 8, Chapter 8. Postmortem Examinations a…37 Ch 9, Chapter 9. Regulation of Medical Ass…18 Ch 14, Chapter 14. Virginia Foundation for …13 Ch 13, Chapter 13. Family Access to Medical…8 Ch 3, Chapter 3. Medical Care Services.7 Ch 21, Chapter 21. Virginia Health Care Pro…7 Ch 20, Chapter 20. Disposition of Assets by…3

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Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.3:1.1 Continuing care retirement communities accessing medical assistance
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A. A nursing facility in Planning District 8 in a continuing care retirement community registered with the State Corporation Commission pursuant to Chapter 49 (§ 38.2-4900 et seq.) of Title 38.2, which is not already certified for participation in the Medical Assistance Program, …
Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.3:2 Certificates of public need; applications to be filed in response to Requests for Applications (RFAs)
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A. Except for applications for continuing care retirement community nursing home bed projects filed by continuing care providers registered with the State Corporation Commission pursuant to Chapter 49 (§ 38.2-4900 et seq.) of Title 38.2 which comply with the requirements establis…
Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.3:7 Application for transfer of nursing facility beds
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A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 32.1-102.3:2, the Commissioner shall accept and may approve applications for the transfer of nursing facility beds from one planning district to another planning district when no Request for Applications has been issued in cases in which the…
Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.3:8 Application for an open admission period for a continuing care retirement community

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A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 32.1-102.3:2, the Commissioner shall accept and may approve applications for a two-year or three-year open admission period for a continuing care retirement community nursing facility approved as part of an initial certificate of public need…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.4 Conditions of certificates; monitoring; revocation of certificates; civil penalties

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A. The Commissioner may, in accordance with regulations of the Board, condition issuance of a certificate on compliance with a schedule for the completion of the proposed project and a maximum capital expenditure amount for the proposed project. The approved schedule and maximum …

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.5 Certificate not transferable

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No certificate issued for a project shall be transferable.

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.6 Administrative procedures

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A. To obtain a certificate for a project, the applicant shall file a completed application for a certificate with the Department and the appropriate regional health planning agency if a regional health planning agency has been designated for that region. Such application shall be…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.6:1 Revocation of a certificate

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The Commissioner shall revoke a certificate of public need for: 1. Failure to comply with the requirements of subsection A of § 32.1-102.4 regarding schedules for completion of a project or maximum capital expenditures for a project; or 2. Willfully or recklessly misrepresented i…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.8 Enjoining project undertaken without certificate or registration

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On petition of the Commissioner, the Board or the Attorney General, the circuit court of the county or city where a project is under construction or is intended to be constructed, located, or undertaken shall have jurisdiction to enjoin any project that is constructed, undertaken…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-102.9 Designation of judge

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The judge of the court to which any appeal is taken as provided in § 32.1-102.6 and the judge of the court referred to in § 32.1-102.8 shall be designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from a circuit other than the circuit where the project is or will be under constru…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.1 Definitions

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As used in this article: "Advisory Board" means the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. "Automated external defibrillator" means a medical device which combines a heart monitor and defibrillator and (i) has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administrat…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.12 Virginia Rescue Squads Assistance Fund; disbursements

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A. For the purpose of providing financial assistance to emergency medical services organizations in the Commonwealth, of providing the requisite training for emergency medical services personnel, and of purchasing equipment needed by such organizations, there is hereby created in…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.12:01 Financial Assistance and Review Committee; appointment; terms; duties

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A. For the purposes of administering the Virginia Rescue Squads Assistance Fund as provided in § 32.1-111.12, there is hereby established the Financial Assistance and Review Committee. The Committee shall be composed of six members who shall be representatives of the regions enco…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.13 Annual financial reports

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The Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads shall submit an annual financial report on the use of funds received from the special emergency medical services fund to the Advisory Board Executive Committee on such forms and providing such information as may be required by t…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.14 Powers of governing bodies of counties, cities, and towns

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A. Upon finding as fact, after notice and public hearing, that exercise of the powers enumerated below is necessary to assure the provision of adequate and continuing emergency medical services and to preserve, protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare, th…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.14:2 Establishment of emergency medical services zones or districts; tax levies

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The governing bodies of the several counties or cities of the Commonwealth may create and establish, by designation on a map of the county or city showing current, official parcel boundaries, or by any other description that is legally sufficient for the conveyance of property or…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.14:3 Exclusion of certain areas from emergency medical services zones or districts and exemption of such areas from certain levies

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The governing body of any county or city having an emergency medical services zone or district created under the provisions of § 32.1-111.14:2, prior to June 1 of any calendar year, may alter the boundaries of such emergency medical services zone or district for the purpose of ex…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.14:4 Advances by county or city to emergency medical services zone or district; reimbursement; validation of prior advances

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A. The governing body of any county or city in the Commonwealth may advance funds, not otherwise specifically allocated or obligated, from the general fund to an emergency medical services zone or district to assist the emergency medical services zone or district to exercise the …

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.14:5 Authority of emergency medical services agency incident commander when operating at an emergency incident; penalty for refusal to obey orders

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Except as provided in § 32.1-111.14:6, while any emergency medical services personnel are in the process of operating at an emergency incident where there is imminent danger and when emergency medical services personnel are returning to the emergency medical services agency, the …

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.14:6 Supervision and control of joint services of emergency medical services agencies

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Whenever two or more emergency medical services agencies are called to provide joint services in any district or political subdivision, the incident commander of the first agency to arrive shall have general supervision and control of all such participating agencies until an offi…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.14:7 Penalty for disobeying emergency medical services agency chief or other officer in command

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If any person at a fire or medical emergency refuses or neglects to obey any order duly given by the individual having command of the incident in accordance with § 32.1-111.14:5 or 32.1-111.14:6, he shall, upon conviction of such offense, be fined not to exceed $100.

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.14:8 Purchase, maintenance, etc., of equipment; donated equipment

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A. The governing body of every county, city, or town shall have power to provide for the purchase, operation, staffing, and maintenance of suitable equipment for providing emergency medical services in or upon the property of the county, city, or town and of its inhabitants and t…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.14:9 Entry of buildings and premises adjoining during a medical emergency

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A. The incident commander at a medical emergency, and his subordinates, upon his order or direction, shall have the right at any time of the day or night to enter any building or upon any premises where a medical emergency is in progress, or any building or premises adjacent ther…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.15 Statewide poison control system established

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From such funds as may be appropriated for this purpose and from such gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds as may be received, the Board shall establish a statewide poison control system. The funding mechanism for the system and its services shall be as provided in…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.15:1 Department responsible for stroke care quality improvement; sharing of data and information

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A. The Department shall be responsible for stroke care quality improvement initiatives in the Commonwealth. Such initiatives shall include: 1. Implementing systems to collect data and information about stroke care in the Commonwealth in accordance with subsection B; 2. Facilitati…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.16 Director of Office of Emergency Medical Services annual performance evaluation

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Effective on and after July 1, 1996, the Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, shall annually review and evaluate the performance of the Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services. The Commissioner shall consid…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.2 Exemptions from provisions of this article

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The following entities are exempted from the provisions of this article: 1. Emergency medical services agencies based outside the Commonwealth, except that any such agency receiving a person who is sick, injured, wounded, incapacitated, or helpless within the Commonwealth for tra…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.3 Statewide Emergency Medical Services Plan; Trauma Triage Plan; Stroke Triage Plan

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A. The Board of Health shall develop a Statewide Emergency Medical Services Plan that shall provide for a comprehensive, coordinated, emergency medical services system in the Commonwealth and shall review, update, and publish the Plan triennially, making such revisions as may be …

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4 Regulations; emergency medical services personnel and vehicles; response times; enforcement provisions; civil penalties

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A. The Board shall prescribe by regulation: 1. Requirements for recordkeeping, supplies, operating procedures, and other emergency medical services agency operations; 2. Requirements for the sanitation and maintenance of emergency medical services vehicles and their medical suppl…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4:1 State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board; purpose; membership; duties; reimbursement of expenses; staff support

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A. There is hereby created in the executive branch the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board for the purpose of advising the Board concerning the administration of the statewide emergency medical services system and emergency medical services vehicles maintained and ope…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4:2 Regional emergency medical services councils

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The Board shall designate regional emergency medical services councils that shall be authorized to receive and disburse public funds. Each such council shall be charged with the development and implementation of an efficient and effective regional emergency medical services deliv…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4:3 Provision of emergency medical services

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A. Any county, city, or town may provide emergency medical services to its citizens by (i) establishing an emergency medical services agency as a department of government pursuant to § 32.1-111.4:6 or (ii) contracting with or providing for the provision of emergency medical servi…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4:4 Emergency medical services personnel and equipment may in emergencies go or be sent beyond territorial limits

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Whenever the necessity arises during any actual or potential emergency resulting from fire, personal injury, or other public disaster, the emergency medical services personnel of any county, city, or town may, together with all necessary equipment, lawfully go or be sent beyond t…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4:5 Contracts of counties, cities, and towns to furnish emergency medical services; public liability insurance to cover claims arising out of mutual aid agreements

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A. The governing body of any city or town may, in its discretion, authorize or require the emergency medical services agency thereof to render aid in cases of actual or potential medical emergencies occurring beyond its limits, may prescribe the conditions under which such aid ma…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4:6 Establishment of an emergency medical services agency as a department of local government

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A. The governing body of any county, city, or town may establish an emergency medical services agency as a department of government and may designate it by any name consistent with the names of its other governmental units. The head of such emergency medical services agency shall…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4:7 Establishment of an emergency medical services agency as a nongovernmental entity; dissolution

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A. Any number of persons wishing to provide emergency medical services may establish an emergency medical services agency by (i) recording a writing stating the formation of such company, with the names of the members thereof thereto subscribed in the court of the county or city …

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4:8 Ordinances as to emergency medical services agencies

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The governing body of any county, city, or town in which an emergency medical services agency is established pursuant to § 32.1-111.4:6 or 32.1-111.4:7 may make such ordinances in relation to the powers and duties of emergency medical services agencies and emergency medical servi…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.4:9 Emergency treatment of fire, police, and search and rescue dogs

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The Advisory Board shall, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine, develop guidelines and guidance for the provision of emergency treatment of fire, police, and search and rescue dogs injured in the line of duty and the transportation of such dogs by an emergency me…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.5 Certification and recertification of emergency medical services providers; appeals process

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A. The Board shall prescribe by regulation the qualifications required for certification of emergency medical services providers. Such regulations shall include those qualifications necessary for authorization to follow Do Not Resuscitate Orders pursuant to § 54.1-2987.1, educati…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.5:1 Emergency medical services personnel mental health awareness training

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A. Each emergency medical services agency shall develop curricula for mental health awareness training for its personnel, which shall include training regarding the following: 1. Understanding signs and symptoms of cumulative stress, depression, anxiety, exposure to acute and chr…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.5:2 Emergency medical services personnel Alzheimer's disease and dementia training

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A. Each emergency medical services agency shall develop curricula for Alzheimer's disease and dementia training for its personnel, which shall include training regarding the following: the identification of, communication with, and facilitation of the safe return of individuals d…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.6 Emergency medical services agency license; emergency medical services vehicle permits

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A. No person shall operate, conduct, maintain, or profess to be an emergency medical services agency without a valid license issued by the Commissioner for such emergency medical services agency and a valid permit for each emergency medical services vehicle used by such emergency…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.6:1 Commissioner to issue certain emergency medical services licenses or permits

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The Commissioner of Health shall issue licenses to emergency medical services agencies and permits for emergency medical services vehicles as needed to ensure compliance with federal regulations relating to reimbursement of emergency medical services vehicle transportation servic…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.7 Inspections

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Each emergency medical services agency for which a license has been issued and emergency medical services vehicle for which a permit has been issued shall be inspected as often as the Commissioner deems necessary and a record thereof shall be maintained. However, no emergency med…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.8 Revocation and suspension of licenses and permits

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Whenever an emergency medical services agency or emergency medical services vehicle owned or operated by an emergency medical services agency is in violation of any provision of this article or any applicable regulation, the Commissioner shall have power to revoke or suspend such…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.9 Applications for variances or exemptions

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A. Prior to the submission of (i) an application for a variance to the Commissioner or (ii) an application for an exemption from any regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter to the Board by an emergency medical services agency that holds a valid license issued by the Comm…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-111.9:1 Out-of-state emergency medical services providers

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A. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article or any other law or regulation to the contrary, an emergency medical services provider who holds a valid license or certification in a state that borders the Commonwealth may provide emergency medical services in the Commonwealth …

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-116.1 Prehospital patient care reporting procedure; trauma registry; confidentiality

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A. In order to collect data on the incidence, severity, and cause of trauma; integrate the information available from other state agencies on trauma; improve the delivery of prehospital and hospital emergency medical services, the quality of patient care, and access to medical se…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-116.1:1 Disclosure of medical records

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Any licensed physician, licensed health care provider, or licensed health care facility may disclose to emergency medical services personnel, an emergency medical services physician, or their licensed parent agency the medical records of a sick or injured person to whom such emer…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-116.2 Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; liability protections

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A. The Commissioner and all other persons to whom data is submitted shall keep patient information confidential. Mechanisms for protecting patient data shall be developed and continually evaluated to ascertain their effectiveness. No publication of information, research or medica…