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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 869 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2000, chapter 201<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 341<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62957,"section_number":"54.1-2505","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Director of Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2505\/"},{"id":57243,"section_number":"54.1-2962","catch_line":"Division of fees among physicians prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2962\/"},{"id":74620,"section_number":"54.1-2964","catch_line":"Disclosure of interest in referral facilities and clinical laboratories","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2964\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80727,"section_number":"32.1-123","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-123\/"},{"id":72379,"section_number":"63.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":241287,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87158,"identifier":"54.1-2410","token":"54.1\/III\/24.1\/54.1-2410","url":"\/54.1-2410\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2410\/","token":"54.1\/III\/24.1\/54.1-2410","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2410","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter or when referring to the Department<\/span> of Health Professions regulatory authority therefor, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Community<\/span>” means a city or a county.\n\t\t“Demonstrated need<\/span>” means (i) there is no facility in the community<\/span> providing similar services and (ii) alternative financing is not available for the facility or (iii) such other conditions as may be established by Department<\/span> regulation.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Health Professions.\n\t\t“Entity<\/span>” means any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or other business, including assisted living facilities as defined in \u00a7 63.2-100<\/a>, that delivers health services<\/span>.\n\t\t“Group practice<\/span>” means two or more health care practitioners<\/span> who are members of the same legally organized partnership, professional corporation, not-for-profit corporation, faculty practice or similar association in which (i) each member provides substantially the full range of services within his licensed or certified scope of practice at the same location as the other members through the use of the organization’s office space, facilities, equipment, or personnel; (ii) payments for services received from a member are treated as receipts of the organization; and (iii) the overhead expenses and income from the practice are distributed according to methods previously determined by the members.\n\t\t“Health services<\/span>” means any procedures or services related to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care rendered by a health care worker, regardless of whether the worker is regulated by the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Immediate family member<\/span>” means the individual’s spouse, child, child’s spouse, stepchild, stepchild’s spouse, grandchild, grandchild’s spouse, parent, stepparent, parent-in-law<\/span>, or sibling.\n\t\t“Investment interest<\/span>” means the ownership or holding of an equity<\/span> or debt security, including, but not limited to, shares of stock in a corporation, interests or units of a partnership, bonds<\/span>, debentures, notes, or other equity<\/span> or debt instruments, except investment interests<\/span> in a hospital licensed pursuant to Article 1 (\u00a7 32.1-123<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1.\n\t\t“Investor<\/span>” means an individual or entity<\/span> directly or indirectly possessing a legal or beneficial ownership interest, including an investment interest<\/span>.\n\t\t“Office practice<\/span>” means the facility or facilities at which a practitioner<\/span>, on an ongoing basis, provides or supervises the provision of health services<\/span> to consumers.\n\t\t“Practitioner<\/span>” means any individual certified or licensed by any of the health regulatory boards within the Department<\/span> of Health Professions, except individuals regulated by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers or the Board of Veterinary Medicine.\n\t\t“Referral<\/span>” means to send or direct a patient for health services<\/span> to another health care practitioner<\/span> or entity<\/span> outside the referring practitioner<\/span>’s group practice<\/span> or office practice<\/span> or to establish a plan of care which requires the provision of any health services<\/span> outside the referring practitioner<\/span>’s group practice<\/span> or office practice<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 54.1-2410)\n\nAs used in this chapter or when referring to the Department of Health\nProfessions regulatory authority therefor, unless the context requires a\ndifferent meaning:\n\t\t“Community” means a city or a county.\n\t\t“Demonstrated need” means (i) there is no facility in the\ncommunity providing similar services and (ii) alternative financing is not\navailable for the facility or (iii) such other conditions as may be established\nby Department regulation.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Health Professions.\n\t\t“Entity” means any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or\nother business, including assisted living facilities as defined in \u00a7 63.2-100,\nthat delivers health services.\n\t\t“Group practice” means two or more health care practitioners who\nare members of the same legally organized partnership, professional corporation,\nnot-for-profit corporation, faculty practice or similar association in which (i)\neach member provides substantially the full range of services within his\nlicensed or certified scope of practice at the same location as the other\nmembers through the use of the organization’s office space, facilities,\nequipment, or personnel; (ii) payments for services received from a member are\ntreated as receipts of the organization; and (iii) the overhead expenses and\nincome from the practice are distributed according to methods previously\ndetermined by the members.\n\t\t“Health services” means any procedures or services related to\nprevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care rendered by a health care worker,\nregardless of whether the worker is regulated by the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Immediate family member” means the individual’s spouse,\nchild, child’s spouse, stepchild, stepchild’s spouse, grandchild,\ngrandchild’s spouse, parent, stepparent, parent-in-law, or sibling.\n\t\t“Investment interest” means the ownership or holding of an equity\nor debt security, including, but not limited to, shares of stock in a\ncorporation, interests or units of a partnership, bonds, debentures, notes, or\nother equity or debt instruments, except investment interests in a hospital\nlicensed pursuant to Article 1 (\u00a7 32.1-123 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1.\n\t\t“Investor” means an individual or entity directly or indirectly\npossessing a legal or beneficial ownership interest, including an investment\ninterest.\n\t\t“Office practice” means the facility or facilities at which a\npractitioner, on an ongoing basis, provides or supervises the provision of\nhealth services to consumers.\n\t\t“Practitioner” means any individual certified or licensed by any\nof the health regulatory boards within the Department of Health Professions,\nexcept individuals regulated by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers or\nthe Board of Veterinary Medicine.\n\t\t“Referral” means to send or direct a patient for health services\nto another health care practitioner or entity outside the referring\npractitioner’s group practice or office practice or to establish a plan of\ncare which requires the provision of any health services outside the referring\npractitioner’s group practice or office practice.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 869; 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