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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 554 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80315,"section_number":"38.2-4918","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4918\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62354,"section_number":"38.2-4912","catch_line":"Special provisions for existing providers; rights of residents with certain existing providers","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4912\/"}],"permalink":{"id":217363,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84861,"identifier":"38.2-4901","token":"38.2\/49\/1\/38.2-4901","url":"\/38.2-4901\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4901\/","token":"38.2\/49\/1\/38.2-4901","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4901","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as provided in § 38.2-4912<\/a>, no provider<\/span> shall engage in the business of providing or offering to provide continuing care<\/span> at a facility<\/span> in this Commonwealth unless the provider<\/span> has registered with the Commission<\/span> with respect to such facility<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A registration statement shall be filed with the Commission<\/span> by the provider<\/span> on forms prescribed by the Commission<\/span> and shall include: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> All information required by the Commission<\/span> pursuant to its enforcement of this chapter; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The initial disclosure statement<\/span> required by § 38.2-4902<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Registration shall be approved or disapproved in writing by the Commission<\/span> within ninety days of the filing. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION (\u00a7 38.2-4901)\n\nA. Except as provided in § 38.2-4912, no provider shall engage in the\nbusiness of providing or offering to provide continuing care at a facility in\nthis Commonwealth unless the provider has registered with the Commission with\nrespect to such facility.\n\nB. A registration statement shall be filed with the Commission by the provider\non forms prescribed by the Commission and shall include:\n\n 1. All information required by the Commission pursuant to its enforcement of\n this chapter; and\n\n 2. The initial disclosure statement required by § 38.2-4902.\n\nC. Registration shall be approved or disapproved in writing by the Commission\nwithin ninety days of the filing.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 554, \u00a7 38.1-956; 1986, c. 562.","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}}