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which is characterized by the availability of multiple levels of medical care services, reasonable travel time for tertiary care, and congruence with planning districts.\n\t\t“Provider” means a licensed or certified health care practitioner, a licensed health care facility or service administrator, or an individual who has a personal interest in a health care facility or service as defined in the Virginia Conflict of Interests Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100 et seq.).\n\t\t“Regional health planning agency” means the regional agency, including the regional health planning board, its staff and any component thereof, designated by the Board to perform the health planning activities set forth in this chapter within a health planning region.\n\t\t“Regional health planning board” means the governing board of the regional health planning agency as described in \u00a7 32.1-122.05.\n\t\t“Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\t\t“State Health Plan” 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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 617 and 633 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter 83<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71618,"section_number":"2.2-3100","catch_line":"Policy; application; construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3100\/"},{"id":62584,"section_number":"32.1-122.05","catch_line":"Regional health planning agencies; boards; duties and responsibilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-122.05\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202709,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78217,"identifier":"32.1-122.01","token":"32.1\/4\/4.1\/32.1-122.01","url":"\/32.1-122.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-122.01\/","token":"32.1\/4\/4.1\/32.1-122.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-122.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the State Board<\/span> of Health.\n\t\t“Commissioner<\/span>” means the State Health Commissioner<\/span>.\n\t\t“Consumer<\/span>” means a person<\/span> who is not a provider<\/span> of health care services.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Virginia Department<\/span> of Health.\n\t\t“Health planning region<\/span>” means a contiguous geographical area of the Commonwealth with a population base of at least 500,000 persons<\/span>, which is characterized by the availability of multiple levels of medical care services, reasonable travel time for tertiary care<\/span>, and congruence with planning districts.\n\t\t“Provider<\/span>” means a licensed or certified health care practitioner, a licensed health care facility or service administrator, or an individual who has a personal interest in a health care facility or service as defined in the Virginia Conflict of Interests<\/span> Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100<\/a> et seq.).\n\t\t“Regional health planning agency<\/span>” means the regional agency, including the regional health planning board<\/span>, its staff and any component thereof, designated by the Board to perform the health planning activities set forth in this chapter within a health planning region<\/span>.\n\t\t“Regional health planning board<\/span>” means the governing board of the regional health planning agency<\/span> as described in \u00a7 32.1-122.05<\/a>.\n\t\t“Secretary<\/span>” means the Secretary<\/span> of Health and Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\t\t“State Health Plan<\/span>” means the document so designated by the Board, which may include analysis of priority health issues<\/span>, policies, needs, methodologies for assessing statewide health care needs, and such other matters as the Board shall deem appropriate.\n\t\t“Tertiary care<\/span>” means health care delivered by facilities that provide specialty acute care including, but not limited to, trauma care, neonatal intensive care and cardiac services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 32.1-122.01)\n\nAs used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the State Board of Health.\n\t\t“Commissioner” means the State Health Commissioner.\n\t\t“Consumer” means a person who is not a provider of health care\nservices.\n\t\t“Department” means the Virginia Department of Health.\n\t\t“Health planning region” means a contiguous geographical area of\nthe Commonwealth with a population base of at least 500,000 persons, which is\ncharacterized by the availability of multiple levels of medical care services,\nreasonable travel time for tertiary care, and congruence with planning\ndistricts.\n\t\t“Provider” means a licensed or certified health care practitioner,\na licensed health care facility or service administrator, or an individual who\nhas a personal interest in a health care facility or service as defined in the\nVirginia Conflict of Interests Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100 et seq.).\n\t\t“Regional health planning agency” means the regional agency,\nincluding the regional health planning board, its staff and any component\nthereof, designated by the Board to perform the health planning activities set\nforth in this chapter within a health planning region.\n\t\t“Regional health planning board” means the governing board of the\nregional health planning agency as described in \u00a7 32.1-122.05.\n\t\t“Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Resources of\nthe Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\t\t“State Health Plan” means the document so designated by the Board,\nwhich may include analysis of priority health issues, policies, needs,\nmethodologies for assessing statewide health care needs, and such other matters\nas the Board shall deem appropriate.\n\t\t“Tertiary care” means health care delivered by facilities that\nprovide specialty acute care including, but not limited to, trauma care,\nneonatal intensive care and cardiac services.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, cc. 617, 633; 2002, c. 83.","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}}