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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 379 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1996, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0937\">937<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0980\">980<\/a>; 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>; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0476\">476<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0507\">507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83084,"section_number":"32.1-135.2","catch_line":"Offer or payment of remuneration in exchange for referral prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-135.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63078,"section_number":"54.1-2900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2900\/"},{"id":79319,"section_number":"54.1-3600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":209965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74139,"identifier":"37.2-420","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/2\/37.2-420","url":"\/37.2-420\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-420\/","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/2\/37.2-420","dublin_core":{"Title":"Offer or payment of remuneration in exchange for referral prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-420","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> licensed pursuant to this article shall knowingly and willfully offer or pay any remuneration directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce any practitioner of the healing arts or any clinical psychologist licensed under the provisions of Chapters 29 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/54.1-2900\/\">54.1-2900<\/a> et seq.) and 36 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/54.1-3600\/\">54.1-3600<\/a> et seq.) of Title 54.1 to refer a person or persons to any service of the <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span>. 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The term &#8220;remuneration&#8221; excludes any payments,\nbusiness arrangements, or payment practices not prohibited by 42 U.S.C. \u00a7\n1320a-7b(b), as amended, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 379, \u00a7 37.1-186.1; 1996, cc. 937, 980; 2001, cc. 486, 506;\n2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.","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}}