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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1968, chapter 477; in 1972, chapter 639; in 1976, chapter 671; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":210005,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58396,"identifier":"37.2-430","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/4\/37.2-430","url":"\/37.2-430\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-430\/","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/4\/37.2-430","dublin_core":{"Title":"Providing alcoholic beverages to individuals receiving services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-430","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or give alcoholic beverages to any individual receiving services<\/span> in any hospital or training center<\/span>, bring alcoholic beverages onto the premises of the hospital or training center<\/span>, administer alcoholic beverages to any individual receiving services<\/span>, or place alcoholic beverages or cause them to be placed where any individual receiving services<\/span> may access them, except if the alcoholic beverages are prescribed by the director or physicians of the hospital or training center<\/span>. Any such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVIDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SERVICES (\u00a7 37.2-430)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to sell or give alcoholic beverages to any\nindividual receiving services in any hospital or training center, bring\nalcoholic beverages onto the premises of the hospital or training center,\nadminister alcoholic beverages to any individual receiving services, or place\nalcoholic beverages or cause them to be placed where any individual receiving\nservices may access them, except if the alcoholic beverages are prescribed by\nthe director or physicians of the hospital or training center. Any such person\nis guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 37-230; 1968, c. 477, \u00a7 37.1-153; 1972, c. 639; 1976, c.\n671; 2005, 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}}