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It has been modified 5 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 1976, chapter 671; in 1977, chapter 346; in 1980, chapter 582; in 2001, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0486\">486<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0506\">506<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0716\">716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":209885,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87479,"identifier":"37.2-405","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/2\/37.2-405","url":"\/37.2-405\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-405\/","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/2\/37.2-405","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required; exception; license not transferable; operation of existing services; persons not to be admitted, etc., to unlicensed providers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-405","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> shall establish, conduct, maintain, or operate or continue to operate in the Commonwealth any service, without being licensed under this article, except where the <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> is exempt from licensing. <a id=\"paragraph-313160\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/37.2-405\/#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> No license issued under this article shall be assignable or transferable. <a id=\"paragraph-313161\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/37.2-405\/#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> No person shall be admitted, placed, treated, maintained, housed, or otherwise kept, voluntarily or involuntarily, by any <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> required to be licensed by subsection A, unless and until the <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> is licensed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-313162\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/37.2-405\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE REQUIRED; EXCEPTION; LICENSE NOT TRANSFERABLE; OPERATION OF EXISTING\nSERVICES; PERSONS NOT TO BE ADMITTED, ETC., TO UNLICENSED PROVIDERS (\u00a7\n37.2-405)\n\nA. No provider shall establish, conduct, maintain, or operate or continue to\noperate in the Commonwealth any service, without being licensed under this\narticle, except where the provider is exempt from licensing.\n\nB. No license issued under this article shall be assignable or transferable.\n\nC. No person shall be admitted, placed, treated, maintained, housed, or\notherwise kept, voluntarily or involuntarily, by any provider required to be\nlicensed by subsection A, unless and until the provider is licensed by the\nCommissioner.\n\nHISTORY: 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 181, \u00a7 37.1-183.1; 1976, c. 671; 1977, c. 346;\n1980, c. 582; 2001, cc. 486, 506; 2005, c. 716.","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}}