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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 402 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1980, chapter 582; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":210165,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60268,"identifier":"37.2-702","token":"37.2\/II\/7\/1\/37.2-702","url":"\/37.2-702\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-702\/","token":"37.2\/II\/7\/1\/37.2-702","dublin_core":{"Title":"Separate state facilities for elderly individuals; free-standing state facilities authorized","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-702","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall establish and operate a separate geriatric unit within each state<\/span> facility<\/span> that serves significant numbers of elderly individuals<\/span>. Each unit shall provide care and treatment for those individuals<\/span> and shall be separated in a reasonable manner from the rest of the state<\/span> facility<\/span>.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span> may, giving full consideration to the needs and resources available, authorize the establishment of free-standing state<\/span> facilities for elderly individuals<\/span> receiving services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEPARATE STATE FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS; FREE-STANDING STATE\nFACILITIES AUTHORIZED (\u00a7 37.2-702)\n\nThe Department shall establish and operate a separate geriatric unit within each\nstate facility that serves significant numbers of elderly individuals. Each unit\nshall provide care and treatment for those individuals and shall be separated in\na reasonable manner from the rest of the state facility.\n\t\tThe Board may, giving full consideration to the needs and resources available,\nauthorize the establishment of free-standing state facilities for elderly\nindividuals receiving services.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 402, \u00a7 37.1-24.2; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476,\n507.","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}}