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The Commissioner shall notify by certified mail any applicant denied a license of the reasons for such denial.C\n\nEvery such license shall expire at midnight December 31 of the year issued, or as otherwise specified by the Board, and shall be required to be renewed annually.D\n\nThe activities and services of each applicant for issuance or renewal of a hospice license shall be subject to an inspection and examination by the Commissioner to determine if the hospice is in compliance with the provisions of this article and regulations of the Board.E\n\nNo license issued pursuant to this article may be transferred or assigned.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":228760,"text":"No person shall establish or operate a hospice or a hospice facility without a license issued pursuant to this article unless he is exempt from licensure pursuant to § 32.1-162.2.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":228761,"text":"The Commissioner shall issue or renew a license to establish or operate a hospice or a hospice facility upon application therefor on a form and accompanied by a fee prescribed by the Board if the Commissioner finds that the hospice or hospice facility is in compliance with the provisions of this article and regulations of the Board. 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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 3 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 2003, chapter 526<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 397<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 790<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58467,"section_number":"4.1-1600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-1600\/"},{"id":74491,"section_number":"8.01-225.03","catch_line":"Certain immunity for certain hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day centers during a disaster under specific circumstances","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-225.03\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":203273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62741,"identifier":"32.1-162.3","token":"32.1\/5\/7\/32.1-162.3","url":"\/32.1-162.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-162.3\/","token":"32.1\/5\/7\/32.1-162.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required for hospice programs; notice of denial of license; renewal thereof","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-162.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall establish or operate a hospice or a hospice facility<\/span> without a license issued pursuant to this article unless he is exempt from licensure pursuant to § 32.1-162.2<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall issue<\/span> or renew a license to establish or operate a hospice or a hospice facility<\/span> upon application therefor on a form and accompanied by a fee prescribed by the Board<\/span> if the Commissioner<\/span> finds that the hospice or hospice facility<\/span> is in compliance with the provisions of this article and regulations of the Board<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span> shall notify by certified mail any applicant denied a license of the reasons for such denial. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Every such license shall expire at midnight December 31 of the year issued, or as otherwise specified by the Board<\/span>, and shall be required to be renewed annually. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The activities and services of each applicant for issuance or renewal of a hospice license shall be subject to an inspection and examination by the Commissioner<\/span> to determine if the hospice is in compliance with the provisions of this article and regulations of the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> No license issued pursuant to this article may be transferred or assigned. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE REQUIRED FOR HOSPICE PROGRAMS; NOTICE OF DENIAL OF LICENSE; RENEWAL\nTHEREOF (\u00a7 32.1-162.3)\n\nA. No person shall establish or operate a hospice or a hospice facility without\na license issued pursuant to this article unless he is exempt from licensure\npursuant to § 32.1-162.2.\n\nB. The Commissioner shall issue or renew a license to establish or operate a\nhospice or a hospice facility upon application therefor on a form and\naccompanied by a fee prescribed by the Board if the Commissioner finds that the\nhospice or hospice facility is in compliance with the provisions of this article\nand regulations of the Board. The Commissioner shall notify by certified mail\nany applicant denied a license of the reasons for such denial.\n\nC. Every such license shall expire at midnight December 31 of the year issued,\nor as otherwise specified by the Board, and shall be required to be renewed\nannually.\n\nD. The activities and services of each applicant for issuance or renewal of a\nhospice license shall be subject to an inspection and examination by the\nCommissioner to determine if the hospice is in compliance with the provisions of\nthis article and regulations of the Board.\n\nE. No license issued pursuant to this article may be transferred or assigned.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 346; 2003, c. 526; 2007, c. 397; 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}}