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Any on-site inspection by a state agency or a division or unit thereof that substantially complies with the inspection requirements of any other state agency or any other division or unit of the inspecting agency charged with making similar inspections shall be accepted as an equivalent inspection in lieu of an on-site inspection by said agency or by a division or unit of the inspecting agency. A state agency shall coordinate its hospital inspections both internally and with those required by other state agencies so as to ensure that the requirements of this section are met. No hospital shall receive additional inspections until all other licensed hospitals in the Commonwealth have also been inspected, unless the additional inspections are (i) necessary to follow up on a preoperational inspection or one or more violations, (ii) required by a uniformly applied risk-based schedule established by the Department, (iii) necessary to investigate a complaint regarding the hospital, or (iv) otherwise deemed necessary by the Commissioner or his designee to protect the health and safety of the public.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all hospitals licensed by the Department of Health or Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services that have been certified under the provisions of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act for hospital or psychiatric services or that have obtained accreditation from a national accrediting organization granted authority by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure compliance with Medicare conditions of participation pursuant to \u00a7 1865 of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1395bb) may be subject to inspections so long as such certification or accreditation is maintained but only to the extent necessary to ensure the public health and safety.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":216628,"text":"As used in this section unless the context requires a different meaning, “hospital” means a hospital as defined in \u00a7 32.1-123 or 37.2-100.\n\t\tState agencies shall make or cause to be made only such inspections of hospitals as are necessary to carry out the various obligations imposed on each agency by applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Any on-site inspection by a state agency or a division or unit thereof that substantially complies with the inspection requirements of any other state agency or any other division or unit of the inspecting agency charged with making similar inspections shall be accepted as an equivalent inspection in lieu of an on-site inspection by said agency or by a division or unit of the inspecting agency. A state agency shall coordinate its hospital inspections both internally and with those required by other state agencies so as to ensure that the requirements of this section are met. No hospital shall receive additional inspections until all other licensed hospitals in the Commonwealth have also been inspected, unless the additional inspections are (i) necessary to follow up on a preoperational inspection or one or more violations, (ii) required by a uniformly applied risk-based schedule established by the Department, (iii) necessary to investigate a complaint regarding the hospital, or (iv) otherwise deemed necessary by the Commissioner or his designee to protect the health and safety of the public.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all hospitals licensed by the Department of Health or Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services that have been certified under the provisions of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act for hospital or psychiatric services or that have obtained accreditation from a national accrediting organization granted authority by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure compliance with Medicare conditions of participation pursuant to \u00a7 1865 of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1395bb) may be subject to inspections so long as such certification or accreditation is maintained but only to the extent necessary to ensure the public health and safety.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":12729,"edition_id":1,"name":"Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12728,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":202857,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12729,"identifier":"1","token":"32.1\/5\/1","url":"\/32.1\/5\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12728,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12727,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":202855,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12728,"identifier":"5","token":"32.1\/5","url":"\/32.1\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12727,"edition_id":1,"name":"Health","identifier":"32.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":201099,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12727,"identifier":"32.1","token":"32.1","url":"\/32.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":80727,"structure_id":12729,"section_number":"32.1-123","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Definitions","url":"\/32.1-123\/","token":"32.1\/5\/1\/32.1-123","metadata":false},{"id":75042,"structure_id":12729,"section_number":"32.1-124","catch_line":"Exemptions","url":"\/32.1-124\/","token":"32.1\/5\/1\/32.1-124","metadata":false},{"id":58545,"structure_id":12729,"section_number":"32.1-125","catch_line":"Establishment or operation of hospitals and nursing homes prohibited without license or certification; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 220; in 1989, chapter 618; in 2009, chapters 813<\/a> and 840<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 320<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 465<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86242,"section_number":"51.5-183","catch_line":"Access to clients, patients, individuals, providers, and records by Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; interference, retaliation, and reprisals against complainants","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-183\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80727,"section_number":"32.1-123","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-123\/"},{"id":76036,"section_number":"37.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202875,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59071,"identifier":"32.1-125.1","token":"32.1\/5\/1\/32.1-125.1","url":"\/32.1-125.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-125.1\/","token":"32.1\/5\/1\/32.1-125.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection of hospitals by state agencies generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-125.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this section unless the context requires a different meaning, “hospital<\/span>” means a hospital<\/span> as defined in \u00a7 32.1-123<\/a> or 37.2-100<\/a>.\n\t\tState agencies shall make or cause to be made only such inspections<\/span> of hospitals<\/span> as are necessary to carry out the various obligations imposed on each agency by applicable state and federal laws<\/span> and regulations. Any on-site inspection<\/span> by a state agency or a division or unit thereof that substantially complies with the inspection<\/span> requirements of any other state agency or any other division or unit of the inspecting agency charged with making similar inspections<\/span> shall be accepted as an equivalent inspection<\/span> in lieu of an on-site inspection<\/span> by said agency or by a division or unit of the inspecting agency. A state agency shall coordinate its hospital<\/span> inspections<\/span> both internally and with those required by other state agencies so as to ensure that the requirements of this section are met. No hospital<\/span> shall receive additional inspections<\/span> until all other licensed hospitals<\/span> in the Commonwealth have also been inspected, unless the additional inspections<\/span> are (i) necessary to follow up on a preoperational inspection<\/span> or one or more violations, (ii) required by a uniformly applied risk-based schedule established by the Department<\/span>, (iii) necessary to investigate a complaint regarding the hospital<\/span>, or (iv) otherwise deemed necessary by the Commissioner<\/span> or his designee to protect the health and safety of the public.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any provision of law<\/span> to the contrary, all hospitals<\/span> licensed by the Department<\/span> of Health or Department<\/span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services that have been certified under the provisions of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act for hospital<\/span> or psychiatric services or that have obtained accreditation from a national accrediting organization granted authority by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure compliance with Medicare conditions of participation pursuant to \u00a7 1865 of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1395bb) may be subject to inspections<\/span> so long as such certification or accreditation is maintained but only to the extent necessary to ensure the public health and safety.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION OF HOSPITALS BY STATE AGENCIES GENERALLY (\u00a7 32.1-125.1)\n\nAs used in this section unless the context requires a different meaning,\n“hospital” means a hospital as defined in \u00a7 32.1-123 or 37.2-100.\n\t\tState agencies shall make or cause to be made only such inspections of\nhospitals as are necessary to carry out the various obligations imposed on each\nagency by applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Any on-site\ninspection by a state agency or a division or unit thereof that substantially\ncomplies with the inspection requirements of any other state agency or any other\ndivision or unit of the inspecting agency charged with making similar\ninspections shall be accepted as an equivalent inspection in lieu of an on-site\ninspection by said agency or by a division or unit of the inspecting agency. A\nstate agency shall coordinate its hospital inspections both internally and with\nthose required by other state agencies so as to ensure that the requirements of\nthis section are met. No hospital shall receive additional inspections until all\nother licensed hospitals in the Commonwealth have also been inspected, unless\nthe additional inspections are (i) necessary to follow up on a preoperational\ninspection or one or more violations, (ii) required by a uniformly applied\nrisk-based schedule established by the Department, (iii) necessary to\ninvestigate a complaint regarding the hospital, or (iv) otherwise deemed\nnecessary by the Commissioner or his designee to protect the health and safety\nof the public.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all hospitals licensed\nby the Department of Health or Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental\nServices that have been certified under the provisions of Title XVIII of the\nSocial Security Act for hospital or psychiatric services or that have obtained\naccreditation from a national accrediting organization granted authority by the\nCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure compliance with Medicare\nconditions of participation pursuant to \u00a7 1865 of Title XVIII of the Social\nSecurity Act (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1395bb) may be subject to inspections so long as such\ncertification or accreditation is maintained but only to the extent necessary to\nensure the public health and safety.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-300.1; 1979, c. 220; 1989, c. 618; 2009, cc. 813, 840;\n2014, c. 320; 2017, c. 465.","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}}