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§ 15.2-5333 Rules as to patients

An authority shall have power to make rules governing the admission of patients to, and the care, conduct, and treatment of patients in, any hospital operated by the authority; to determine whether patients presented to the hospital for treatment are subjects for charity, to fix the compensation to be paid by patients other than those unable to assist themselves; and to maintain and operate isolation wards for the care and treatment of mental, contagious or other similar diseases.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter 587.

Code 1950, § 32-246; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1567; 1997, c. 587.

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