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However, the Commission may extend the period within which an existing facility shall comply with this chapter for an additional six months with good cause shown.B\n\nContinuing care contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this chapter or prior to registration of the provider shall be valid and binding upon both parties in accordance with their terms.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":227439,"text":"Providers existing prior to July 1, 1986, shall comply with its provisions within six months of July 1, 1986. 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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":84861,"section_number":"38.2-4901","catch_line":"Registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4901\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":217399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62354,"identifier":"38.2-4912","token":"38.2\/49\/1\/38.2-4912","url":"\/38.2-4912\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4912\/","token":"38.2\/49\/1\/38.2-4912","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special provisions for existing providers; rights of residents with certain existing providers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4912","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Providers<\/span> existing prior to July 1, 1986, shall comply with its provisions within six months of July 1, 1986. However, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may extend the period within which an existing <span class=\"dictionary\">facility<\/span> shall comply with this chapter for an additional six months with good cause shown. <a id=\"paragraph-227439\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4912\/#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> <span class=\"dictionary\">Continuing care<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> entered into prior to the effective date of this chapter or prior to registration of the <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> shall be valid and binding upon both parties in accordance with their terms. <a id=\"paragraph-227440\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4912\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR EXISTING PROVIDERS; RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS WITH CERTAIN\nEXISTING PROVIDERS (\u00a7 38.2-4912)\n\nA. Providers existing prior to July 1, 1986, shall comply with its provisions\nwithin six months of July 1, 1986. However, the Commission may extend the period\nwithin which an existing facility shall comply with this chapter for an\nadditional six months with good cause shown.\n\nB. Continuing care contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this\nchapter or prior to registration of the provider shall be valid and binding upon\nboth parties in accordance with their terms.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 554, \u00a7 38.1-967; 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}}