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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 255 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62707,"section_number":"18.2-77","catch_line":"Burning or destroying dwelling house, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-77\/"}],"permalink":{"id":204735,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69423,"identifier":"32.1-318","token":"32.1\/9\/1\/32.1-318","url":"\/32.1-318\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-318\/","token":"32.1\/9\/1\/32.1-318","dublin_core":{"Title":"Knowing failure to deposit, transfer or maintain patient trust funds in separate account; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-318","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> having any patient trust funds in his <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> or control, who, knowing that he is violating any <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span> or regulation, deliberately fails to deposit, transfer or maintain such funds in a separate, designated, trust bank account as required by such <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span> or regulation shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-251087\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-318\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> &#8220;Patient trust funds&#8221; are funds received by any health care facility which belong to patients and are required by any state or federal <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span> or regulation to be kept in a separate trust bank account for the benefit of such patients. <a id=\"paragraph-251088\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-318\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> This section shall not be construed to prevent a <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecution<\/span> pursuant to Chapter 5 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Burning or destroying dwelling house, etc\" href=\"\/18.2-77\/\">18.2-77<\/a> et seq.) of Title 18.2. <a id=\"paragraph-251089\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-318\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nKNOWING FAILURE TO DEPOSIT, TRANSFER OR MAINTAIN PATIENT TRUST FUNDS IN SEPARATE\nACCOUNT; PENALTY (\u00a7 32.1-318)\n\nA. Any person having any patient trust funds in his possession, custody or\ncontrol, who, knowing that he is violating any statute or regulation,\ndeliberately fails to deposit, transfer or maintain such funds in a separate,\ndesignated, trust bank account as required by such statute or regulation shall\nbe guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nB. &#8220;Patient trust funds&#8221; are funds received by any health care\nfacility which belong to patients and are required by any state or federal\nstatute or regulation to be kept in a separate trust bank account for the\nbenefit of such patients.\n\nC. This section shall not be construed to prevent a prosecution pursuant to\nChapter 5 (&#xA7; 18.2-77 et seq.) of Title 18.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 255.","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}}