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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 695 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 1991 \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 2010, chapter 790<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":203319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82009,"identifier":"32.1-162.15","token":"32.1\/5\/7.1\/32.1-162.15","url":"\/32.1-162.15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-162.15\/","token":"32.1\/5\/7.1\/32.1-162.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violation; penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-162.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> owning, establishing, conducting, maintaining, managing or operating a home care organization<\/span> which is not licensed as required by this article shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span> may request the Office of the Attorney General<\/span> to petition<\/span> the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> in which the nonlicensed home care organization<\/span> is located for an injunction<\/span> to cause such nonlicensed home care organization<\/span> to cease providing services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATION; PENALTIES (\u00a7 32.1-162.15)\n\nAny person owning, establishing, conducting, maintaining, managing or operating\na home care organization which is not licensed as required by this article shall\nbe guilty of a Class 6 felony. The Commissioner may request the Office of the\nAttorney General to petition the circuit court of the jurisdiction in which the\nnonlicensed home care organization is located for an injunction to cause such\nnonlicensed home care organization to cease providing services.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 695; 2010, c. 790.","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}}