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Virginia Statutes, Title 32.1

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Title 32.1, Health

30 chapters · 793 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 32.1793 Ch 5, Regulation of Medical Care Facilitie…148 Ch 6, Environmental Health Services.133 Ch 2, Disease Prevention and Control.125 Ch 4, Health Care Planning.90 Ch 1, Administration Generally.58 Ch 8, Postmortem Examinations and Services.56 Ch 10, Department of Medical Assistance Ser…46 Ch 7, Vital Records.35 Ch 9, Regulation of Medical Assistance.18 Ch 14, Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth.13 Ch 7.2, Health Care Data Reporting.13 Ch 5.3, Commonwealth Health Research Board a…10 Ch 3, Medical Care Services.7 Ch 21, Virginia Health Care Protection Act.7

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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…

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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. § 32.1-111.16 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. § 32.1-116.1 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…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-116.3 Reporting of communicable diseases; definitions

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A. For the purposes of this section: "Communicable disease of public health threat" means an illness of public health significance, as determined by the State Health Commissioner in accordance with regulations of the Board of Health, caused by a specific or suspected infectious a…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-122.10:001 Purpose; one or more localities may create authority; advertisement and notice of hearing

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A. Communities lack the ability to coordinate, across jurisdictions, health partnership efforts between local governments and private providers of health care services, which leads to duplicative and inefficient services. Such public/private partnerships could (i) encourage the u…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-122.10:002 Board of directors; expenses; officers; terms of office; quorum; annual report

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A. All powers, rights and duties conferred by this article, or other provisions of law, upon an authority shall be exercised by a board of directors. The participating localities in the local health partnership authority shall determine the composition of the membership of the bo…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-122.10:003 Office of the authority

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The board of each authority shall establish a principal office within one of the participating jurisdictions. The title to all property of every kind belonging to the authority shall be titled to the authority for the benefit of all of its members.

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-122.10:004 Powers of the authority

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Any authority shall have the following powers: 1. Each authority is vested with the powers of a body corporate, including the power to sue and be sued in its own name, to adopt and use a common seal and to alter the same as may be deemed expedient, to make and execute contracts a…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-122.10:005 Licensed agents; liability

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No volunteer of any participating entity who is duly licensed to provide health care services shall be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services to a recipient of a program designated by the authority when such services are…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-123 Definitions

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As used in this article unless a different meaning or construction is clearly required by the context or otherwise: "Certified nursing facility" means any skilled nursing facility, skilled care facility, intermediate care facility, nursing or nursing care facility, or nursing hom…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-124 Exemptions

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The provisions of §§ 32.1-123 through 32.1-136 shall not be applicable to: (i) a dispensary or first-aid facility maintained by any commercial or industrial plant, educational institution or convent; (ii) an institution licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developm…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-125 Establishment or operation of hospitals and nursing homes prohibited without license or certification; licenses not transferable

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A. No person shall own, establish, conduct, maintain, manage or operate in this Commonwealth any hospital or nursing home unless such hospital or nursing home is licensed or certified as provided in this article. B. No license issued hereunder shall be assignable or transferable.…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-125.01 Failing to report; penalty

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Any hospital or nursing home that has not paid civil penalties assessed for failing to report pursuant to § 54.1-2400.6 shall not be issued a license or certification or a renewal of such.

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-125.1 Inspection of hospitals by state agencies generally

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As used in this section unless the context requires a different meaning, "hospital" means a hospital as defined in § 32.1-123 or 37.2-100. State agencies shall make or cause to be made only such inspections of hospitals as are necessary to carry out the various obligations impose…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-125.2 Disclosure of other providers of services

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A. 1. Any hospital which has, or is affiliated with or under the common control of a holding company that has, a financial interest in a facility or entity that engages in the provision of health-related outpatient services, appliances or devices of which a patient is in need, or…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-125.3 Bed capacity and licensure in hospitals designated as critical access hospitals; designation as rural hospital

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A. Any medical care facility licensed as a hospital pursuant to this article that (i) has been certified, as provided in § 32.1-122.07, as a critical access hospital by the Commissioner of Health in compliance with the certification regulations promulgated by the Health Care Fina…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-125.4 Retaliation or discrimination against complainants

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No hospital may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any person who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise cooperates with, the Department or any other agency of government or any person or entity operating under contract with an agency of…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-125.5 Confidentiality of complainant's identity

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Whenever the Department conducts inspections and investigations in response to complaints received from the public, the identity of the complainant and the identity of any patient who is the subject of the complaint, or identified therein, shall be treated as confidential and sha…

Va. Code Ann. § 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 to electric utilities

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A. Pursuant to this article, the Commissioner shall issue licenses to, and assure compliance with certification requirements for hospitals and nursing homes, and assure compliance with certification requirements for facilities owned or operated by agencies of the Commonwealth as …

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-126.01 Employment for compensation of persons convicted of barrier crimes prohibited; criminal records check required; suspension or revocation of license

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A. A licensed nursing home shall not hire for compensated employment persons who have been convicted of any offense set forth in clause (i) of the definition of barrier crime in § 19.2-392.02. However, a licensed nursing home may hire an applicant who has been convicted of one su…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-126.02 Hospital pharmacy employees; criminal records check required

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A. A licensed hospital shall obtain, within sixty days of employment of any compensated employee of the hospital whose duties will provide access to controlled substances as defined in § 54.1-3401 within the hospital pharmacy, who is not licensed by the Board of Pharmacy, an orig…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-126.1 Asbestos inspection for hospitals

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The Commissioner shall not issue a license to or renew the license of any hospital which is located in a building built prior to 1978 until he receives a written statement that either (i) the hospital has been inspected for asbestos in accordance with standards in effect at the t…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-126.2 Fire suppression systems required in nursing facilities and nursing homes

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After January 1, 1993, the Commissioner shall not issue a license to or renew the license of any nursing facility or nursing home, regardless of when such institution was constructed, unless the nursing facility or nursing home is equipped with a fire suppression system which com…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-126.3 Fire suppression systems required in hospitals

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After January 1, 1998, the Commissioner shall not issue a license to or renew the license of any hospital, regardless of when such facility was constructed, unless the hospital is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system which complies with the regulations of the Board of Hous…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-126.4 Hospital standing orders or protocols for certain vaccinations

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A. A hospital may provide or arrange for the administration under a standing order or protocol approved by a member or committee of the hospital's medical staff of (i) influenza vaccinations and (ii) pneumococcal vaccinations, thus waiving the requirement for specific written phy…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-126.5 Consolidation of inspections

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The Commissioner shall identify any inspection of a medical care facility required by this title, Board regulations, the Commissioner, the Department, or any other state regulatory boards or agencies and shall, in collaboration with any such inspecting entity, work to consolidate…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-126.6 Assignment or transfer of operation of nursing home; civil penalty

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A. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Entering operator" means the person that takes over the daily operations and management of a nursing home when change of ownership or control occurs. "Exiting operator" means (i) an operator that will c…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-127 Regulations

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A. The regulations promulgated by the Board to carry out the provisions of this article shall be in substantial conformity to the standards of health, hygiene, sanitation, construction, and safety as established and recognized by medical and health care professionals and by speci…

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-127.001 Certain design and construction standards to be incorporated in hospital and nursing home licensure regulations

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Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, the Board of Health shall promulgate regulations pursuant to § 32.1-127 for the licensure of hospitals and nursing homes that shall include minimum standards for the design and construction of hospitals, nursing homes, and ce…