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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 633 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1991, chapter 695; in 1993, chapters 957 and 993.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74500,"section_number":"2.2-5300","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5300\/"},{"id":81077,"section_number":"32.1-162.12","catch_line":"Regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.12\/"},{"id":72695,"section_number":"32.1-162.15:1","catch_line":"Unlawful advertising as a home care organization","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.15_1\/"},{"id":72174,"section_number":"32.1-162.5","catch_line":"Regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.5\/"},{"id":77442,"section_number":"32.1-162.9:1","catch_line":"Employment for compensation of persons convicted of barrier crimes prohibited; criminal records check required; drug testing; suspension or revocation of license","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.9_1\/"},{"id":80315,"section_number":"38.2-4918","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4918\/"},{"id":58467,"section_number":"4.1-1600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-1600\/"},{"id":58881,"section_number":"51.5-182","catch_line":"Responsibility for complaints and investigations","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-182\/"},{"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\/"},{"id":59523,"section_number":"54.1-2972","catch_line":"When person deemed medically and legally dead; determination of death; nurses', licensed practical nurses', physician assistants', or advanced practice registered nurses' authority to pronounce death under certain circumstances","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2972\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":203327,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62849,"identifier":"32.1-162.7","token":"32.1\/5\/7.1\/32.1-162.7","url":"\/32.1-162.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-162.7\/","token":"32.1\/5\/7.1\/32.1-162.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-162.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article:\n\t\t“Health care professional<\/span>” means any professional who is licensed, certified or registered to practice by a board<\/span> within the Department<\/span> of Health Professions under Title 54.1 or is licensed, certified or registered by a nationally recognized professional organization specified in Board<\/span> regulations.\n\t\t“Home care organization<\/span>” means a public or private organization, whether operated for profit or not for profit, that provides, at the residence<\/span> of a patient or individual in the Commonwealth of Virginia, one or more of the following services:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Home health services, including services provided by or under the direct supervision of any health care professional<\/span> under a medical plan of care in a patient’s residence<\/span> on a visit or hourly basis to patients who have or are at risk of injury, illness, or a disabling condition and require short-term or long-term interventions; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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3.<\/span> Pharmaceutical services, including services provided in a patient’s residence<\/span>, which include the dispensing and administration of a drug or drugs, and parenteral nutritional support, associated patient instruction, and such other services as identified by the Board<\/span> of Health by regulation.\n\t\t\t“Person<\/span>” includes any partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity, public or private.\n\t\t\t“Residence<\/span>” means the place where the individual or patient makes his home such as his own apartment or house, a relative’s home or an assisted living facility, but shall not include a hospital, nursing facility or nursing home or other extended care facility. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 32.1-162.7)\n\nAs used in this article:\n\t\t“Health care professional” means any professional who is licensed,\ncertified or registered to practice by a board within the Department of Health\nProfessions under Title 54.1 or is licensed, certified or registered by a\nnationally recognized professional organization specified in Board regulations.\n\t\t“Home care organization” means a public or private organization,\nwhether operated for profit or not for profit, that provides, at the residence\nof a patient or individual in the Commonwealth of Virginia, one or more of the\nfollowing services:\n\n1. Home health services, including services provided by or under the direct\nsupervision of any health care professional under a medical plan of care in a\npatient’s residence on a visit or hourly basis to patients who have or are\nat risk of injury, illness, or a disabling condition and require short-term or\nlong-term interventions;\n\n2. Personal care services, including assistance in personal care to include\nactivities of daily living provided in an individual’s residence on a\nvisit or hourly basis to individuals who have or are at risk of an illness,\ninjury or disabling condition; or\n\n3. Pharmaceutical services, including services provided in a patient’s\nresidence, which include the dispensing and administration of a drug or drugs,\nand parenteral nutritional support, associated patient instruction, and such\nother services as identified by the Board of Health by regulation.\n\t\t\t“Person” includes any partnership, corporation, association or\nother legal entity, public or private.\n\t\t\t“Residence” means the place where the individual or patient makes\nhis home such as his own apartment or house, a relative’s home or an\nassisted living facility, but shall not include a hospital, nursing facility or\nnursing home or other extended care facility.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 633; 1991, c. 695; 1993, cc. 957, 993.","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}}