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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 304<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62849,"section_number":"32.1-162.7","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.7\/"},{"id":79530,"section_number":"32.1-162.8","catch_line":"Exemptions from article","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.8\/"}],"permalink":{"id":203323,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72695,"identifier":"32.1-162.15:1","token":"32.1\/5\/7.1\/32.1-162.15_1","url":"\/32.1-162.15_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-162.15_1\/","token":"32.1\/5\/7.1\/32.1-162.15_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful advertising as a home care organization","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-162.15:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any person<\/span> not licensed as a home care organization<\/span> pursuant to this article or exempt from licensure pursuant to subsection 3 of \u00a7 32.1-162.8<\/a>, or whose license as a home care organization<\/span> has been suspended or revoked, or whose license as a home care organization<\/span> has lapsed and has not been renewed to knowingly advertise or market himself as or otherwise hold himself out to be a home care organization<\/span> under \u00a7 32.1-162.7<\/a> or to otherwise assert or imply that he is licensed to provide home health, personal care, or pharmaceutical services. For the purposes of this section, a person<\/span> who solely offers referrals of independent providers of home care or personal care services, and who advertises or markets himself as such, shall not be deemed to be holding himself out as, or asserting or implying that he is, a home care organization<\/span> or otherwise licensed to provide home health or personal care services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL ADVERTISING AS A HOME CARE ORGANIZATION (\u00a7 32.1-162.15:1)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person not licensed as a home care organization\npursuant to this article or exempt from licensure pursuant to subsection 3 of \u00a7\n32.1-162.8, or whose license as a home care organization has been suspended or\nrevoked, or whose license as a home care organization has lapsed and has not\nbeen renewed to knowingly advertise or market himself as or otherwise hold\nhimself out to be a home care organization under \u00a7 32.1-162.7 or to otherwise\nassert or imply that he is licensed to provide home health, personal care, or\npharmaceutical services. For the purposes of this section, a person who solely\noffers referrals of independent providers of home care or personal care\nservices, and who advertises or markets himself as such, shall not be deemed to\nbe holding himself out as, or asserting or implying that he is, a home care\norganization or otherwise licensed to provide home health or personal care\nservices.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 304.","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}}