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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 711 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 1979 \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 2020, chapter 1271<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55402,"section_number":"32.1-239","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-239\/"},{"id":84829,"section_number":"32.1-276.5","catch_line":"Providers to submit data; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-276.5\/"},{"id":71428,"section_number":"54.1-2933.1","catch_line":"Temporary licensure of certain foreign graduates","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2933.1\/"},{"id":77665,"section_number":"54.1-3408","catch_line":"Professional use by practitioners","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3408\/"},{"id":85058,"section_number":"56-484.19","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-484.19\/"},{"id":79330,"section_number":"64.2-2007","catch_line":"Hearing on petition to appoint","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2007\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63394,"section_number":"32.1-102.1:3","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2028) Medical care facilities and projects for which a certificate is required","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-102.1_3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":201113,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77454,"identifier":"32.1-3","token":"32.1\/1\/1\/32.1-3","url":"\/32.1-3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-3\/","token":"32.1\/1\/1\/32.1-3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this title unless the context requires otherwise or it is otherwise provided:\n\t\t“Board” or “State Board<\/span>” means the State Board<\/span> of Health.\n\t\t“Commissioner<\/span>” means the State Health Commissioner<\/span>.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the State Department<\/span> of Health.\n\t\t“Medical care facility<\/span>” means any institution, place, building, or agency, whether or not licensed or required to be licensed by the Board or the Department<\/span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, whether operated for profit or nonprofit, and whether privately owned or privately operated or owned or operated by a local governmental unit, (i) by or in which health services are furnished, conducted, operated, or offered for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition, whether medical or surgical, of two or more nonrelated persons<\/span> who are injured or physically sick or have mental illness, or for the care of two or more nonrelated persons<\/span> requiring or receiving medical, surgical, nursing, acute, chronic, convalescent, or long-term care services, or services for individuals with disabilities, or (ii) which is the recipient of reimbursements from third-party<\/span> health insurance programs or prepaid medical service plans.\n\t\tThe term “medical care facility<\/span>” does not include any facility of (a) the Department<\/span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; (b) any nonhospital substance abuse residential treatment program operated by or contracted primarily for the use of a community services<\/span> board under the Department<\/span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services’ Comprehensive State Plan; (c) an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disability (ICF\/IID) that has no more than 12 beds and is in an area identified as in need of residential services for individuals with intellectual disability in any plan of the Department<\/span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; (d) a physician’s office, except that portion of a physician’s office described in subdivision A 6 of \u00a7 32.1-102.1:3<\/a>; (e) the Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center of the Department<\/span> for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; (f) the Department<\/span> of Corrections; or (g) the Department<\/span> of Veterans Services.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association or any other legal entity.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 32.1-3)\n\nAs used in this title unless the context requires otherwise or it is otherwise\nprovided:\n\t\t“Board” or “State Board” means the State Board of\nHealth.\n\t\t“Commissioner” means the State Health Commissioner.\n\t\t“Department” means the State Department of Health.\n\t\t“Medical care facility” means any institution, place, building, or\nagency, whether or not licensed or required to be licensed by the Board or the\nDepartment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, whether operated for\nprofit or nonprofit, and whether privately owned or privately operated or owned\nor operated by a local governmental unit, (i) by or in which health services are\nfurnished, conducted, operated, or offered for the prevention, diagnosis, or\ntreatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition,\nwhether medical or surgical, of two or more nonrelated persons who are injured\nor physically sick or have mental illness, or for the care of two or more\nnonrelated persons requiring or receiving medical, surgical, nursing, acute,\nchronic, convalescent, or long-term care services, or services for individuals\nwith disabilities, or (ii) which is the recipient of reimbursements from\nthird-party health insurance programs or prepaid medical service plans.\n\t\tThe term “medical care facility” does not include any facility of\n(a) the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; (b) any\nnonhospital substance abuse residential treatment program operated by or\ncontracted primarily for the use of a community services board under the\nDepartment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services’ Comprehensive\nState Plan; (c) an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual\ndisability (ICF\/IID) that has no more than 12 beds and is in an area identified\nas in need of residential services for individuals with intellectual disability\nin any plan of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services;\n(d) a physician’s office, except that portion of a physician’s\noffice described in subdivision A 6 of \u00a7 32.1-102.1:3; (e) the Wilson Workforce\nand Rehabilitation Center of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative\nServices; (f) the Department of Corrections; or (g) the Department of Veterans\nServices.\n\t\t“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, or\nassociation or any other legal entity.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 711; 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