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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 874 and 877 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 1990 \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 2009, chapters 813<\/a> and 840<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58331,"section_number":"32.1-122.10","catch_line":"Conditional grants for certain dental hygiene students","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-122.10\/"},{"id":54727,"section_number":"32.1-122.20","catch_line":"Recruitment and retention of health care providers","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-122.20\/"},{"id":80212,"section_number":"32.1-122.6","catch_line":"Conditional grants for certain medical students","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-122.6\/"},{"id":59180,"section_number":"32.1-122.6:02","catch_line":"Conditional grants for certain advanced practice registered nursing students","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-122.6_02\/"},{"id":85826,"section_number":"32.1-122.6:03","catch_line":"Conditional grants for certain physician assistant students","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-122.6_03\/"},{"id":59680,"section_number":"32.1-122.6:1","catch_line":"Physician Loan Repayment Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-122.6_1\/"},{"id":70452,"section_number":"32.1-122.9","catch_line":"Conditional grants for certain dental students","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-122.9\/"},{"id":63285,"section_number":"32.1-122.9:1","catch_line":"Dentist Loan Repayment Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-122.9_1\/"},{"id":71428,"section_number":"54.1-2933.1","catch_line":"Temporary licensure of certain foreign graduates","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2933.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":202757,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80347,"identifier":"32.1-122.5","token":"32.1\/4\/6\/32.1-122.5","url":"\/32.1-122.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-122.5\/","token":"32.1\/4\/6\/32.1-122.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Criteria to identify underserved areas","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-122.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> of Health shall establish criteria to identify medically underserved areas within the Commonwealth. These criteria shall consist of quantifiable measures sensitive to the unique characteristics of urban and rural jurisdictions<\/span> which may include the incidence of infant mortality, the availability of primary care resources, poverty levels, and other measures indicating the inadequacy of the primary health care system as determined by the Board<\/span>. The Board<\/span> shall also include in these criteria the need for medical care services in the state facilities operated by the Departments<\/span> of Corrections, Juvenile Justice, and Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRITERIA TO IDENTIFY UNDERSERVED AREAS (\u00a7 32.1-122.5)\n\nThe Board of Health shall establish criteria to identify medically underserved\nareas within the Commonwealth. These criteria shall consist of quantifiable\nmeasures sensitive to the unique characteristics of urban and rural\njurisdictions which may include the incidence of infant mortality, the\navailability of primary care resources, poverty levels, and other measures\nindicating the inadequacy of the primary health care system as determined by the\nBoard. The Board shall also include in these criteria the need for medical care\nservices in the state facilities operated by the Departments of Corrections,\nJuvenile Justice, and Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, cc. 874, 877; 2009, cc. 813, 840.","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}}