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It has been modified 2 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 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":158897,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69574,"identifier":"15.2-5323","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/2\/15.2-5323","url":"\/15.2-5323\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5323\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/2\/15.2-5323","dublin_core":{"Title":"Study and investigation concerning plan","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5323","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> shall have power to investigate hospital, medical and health conditions and the means and methods of improving such conditions; to determine where inadequate hospital and medical facilities exist; to study and make recommendations concerning the plan of any <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> in relation to the problem of providing adequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities; and to provide adequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities for the inhabitants of such <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> and surrounding area, including persons of low income in such <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> and area.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTUDY AND INVESTIGATION CONCERNING PLAN (\u00a7 15.2-5323)\n\nAn authority shall have power to investigate hospital, medical and health\nconditions and the means and methods of improving such conditions; to determine\nwhere inadequate hospital and medical facilities exist; to study and make\nrecommendations concerning the plan of any city in relation to the problem of\nproviding adequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities; and to provide\nadequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities for the inhabitants of such\ncity and surrounding area, including persons of low income in such city and\narea.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-237; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1556; 1997, c. 587.","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}}