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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 346 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 1981 \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":[{"id":54738,"section_number":"32.1-162.4","catch_line":"Inspections","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.4\/"},{"id":58481,"section_number":"32.1-162.5:1","catch_line":"Notice to dispenser of patient's death; disposition of dispensed drugs","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.5_1\/"},{"id":65473,"section_number":"54.1-3411.2","catch_line":"Prescription drug disposal programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3411.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":203269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54733,"identifier":"32.1-162.2","token":"32.1\/5\/7\/32.1-162.2","url":"\/32.1-162.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-162.2\/","token":"32.1\/5\/7\/32.1-162.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions from article","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-162.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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1.<\/span> A hospice<\/span> established or operated for the practice of religious tenets of any recognized church or denomination which provides care and treatment for the sick by spiritual means without the use of any drug or material<\/span> remedy, whether gratuitously or for compensation. Such a hospice<\/span> shall comply with the statutes<\/span> and regulations governing environmental protection and life safety. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any hospice<\/span> located in the Commonwealth that after initial licensure is accredited by any organization recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purposes of Medicare certification. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS FROM ARTICLE (\u00a7 32.1-162.2)\n\nThe provisions of this article shall not be applicable to:\n\n1. A hospice established or operated for the practice of religious tenets of any\nrecognized church or denomination which provides care and treatment for the sick\nby spiritual means without the use of any drug or material remedy, whether\ngratuitously or for compensation. Such a hospice shall comply with the statutes\nand regulations governing environmental protection and life safety.\n\n2. Any hospice located in the Commonwealth that after initial licensure is\naccredited by any organization recognized by the Centers for Medicare and\nMedicaid Services for the purposes of Medicare certification.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 346; 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}}