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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1975, chapter 295; in 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 468<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 658<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 148<\/a> and 149<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":158723,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75130,"identifier":"15.2-5201","token":"15.2\/IV\/52\/15.2-5201","url":"\/15.2-5201\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5201\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/52\/15.2-5201","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5201","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Bond<\/span>” includes any interest-bearing obligation, including promissory notes.\n\t\t“Hospital or health center<\/span>” means any and all medical facilities and approaches thereto and appurtenances thereof. Medical facilities shall include any and all facilities suitable for providing hospital and medical care, including any and all structures, buildings, improvements, additions, extensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in lands, franchises, machinery, equipment, furnishing, landscaping, approaches, roadways and other facilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto (including, without limitation, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, continuing care facilities, self-care facilities, medical office facilities, clinics, out-patient surgical centers, alcohol, substance abuse and drug treatment centers, laboratories, research facilities, sanitariums, hospices, facilities for the residence or care of elderly or chronically ill individuals or individuals with disabilities, residential facilities for nurses, interns, and physicians and any other kind of facility for the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, or palliation of any human illness, injury, disorder, or disability), together with all related and supporting facilities and equipment necessary and desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto, or equipment alone, including, without limitation, kitchen, laundry, laboratory, pharmaceutical, administrative, communications, computer and recreational facilities and equipment, storage space, mobile medical facilities, vehicles and other equipment necessary or desirable for the transportation of medical equipment or the transportation of patients.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 15.2-5201)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Bond” includes any interest-bearing obligation, including\npromissory notes.\n\t\t“Hospital or health center” means any and all medical facilities\nand approaches thereto and appurtenances thereof. Medical facilities shall\ninclude any and all facilities suitable for providing hospital and medical care,\nincluding any and all structures, buildings, improvements, additions,\nextensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in lands, franchises,\nmachinery, equipment, furnishing, landscaping, approaches, roadways and other\nfacilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto\n(including, without limitation, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living\nfacilities, continuing care facilities, self-care facilities, medical office\nfacilities, clinics, out-patient surgical centers, alcohol, substance abuse and\ndrug treatment centers, laboratories, research facilities, sanitariums,\nhospices, facilities for the residence or care of elderly or chronically ill\nindividuals or individuals with disabilities, residential facilities for nurses,\ninterns, and physicians and any other kind of facility for the diagnosis,\ntreatment, rehabilitation, prevention, or palliation of any human illness,\ninjury, disorder, or disability), together with all related and supporting\nfacilities and equipment necessary and desirable in connection therewith or\nincidental thereto, or equipment alone, including, without limitation, kitchen,\nlaundry, laboratory, pharmaceutical, administrative, communications, computer\nand recreational facilities and equipment, storage space, mobile medical\nfacilities, vehicles and other equipment necessary or desirable for the\ntransportation of medical equipment or the transportation of patients.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-276.1; 1975, c. 295, \u00a7 15.1-1515; 1979, c. 719; 1997,\nc. 587; 2000, c. 468; 2006, c. 658; 2023, cc. 148, 149.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}