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§ 32.1-137.02 Hospital discharge procedures

Before a hospital discharges a patient, it shall, to the extent allowed pursuant to state and federal law, inform and educate the patient, and his family when it is involved in decision making or ongoing care, about his follow-up care, treatment, and services.

History

This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 180 and 813 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2012, cc. 180, 813.

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