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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 725<\/a> 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. 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 2023, chapter 183<\/a>; in 2025, chapters 480<\/a> and 491<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62370,"section_number":"32.1-162.15:2","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.15_2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":242001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54729,"identifier":"54.1-2910.5","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/1\/54.1-2910.5","url":"\/54.1-2910.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2910.5\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/1\/54.1-2910.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Pediatric sexual assault patient services; requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2910.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any health care practitioner licensed by the Board<\/span> to practice medicine or osteopathy or as a physician assistant<\/span>, or jointly licensed by the Board<\/span> and the Board<\/span> of Nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse<\/span>, who wishes to provide sexual assault<\/span> patient treatment services or sexual assault<\/span> patient transfer and stabilization services, as defined in \u00a7 32.1-162.15:2<\/a>, to pediatric sexual assault<\/span> patients, as defined in \u00a7 32.1-162.15:2<\/a>, shall comply with the provisions of Article 8 (\u00a7 32.1-162.15:2<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 applicable to pediatric medical care facilities.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPEDIATRIC SEXUAL ASSAULT PATIENT SERVICES; REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7 54.1-2910.5)\n\nAny health care practitioner licensed by the Board to practice medicine or\nosteopathy or as a physician assistant, or jointly licensed by the Board and the\nBoard of Nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse, who wishes to provide\nsexual assault patient treatment services or sexual assault patient transfer and\nstabilization services, as defined in \u00a7 32.1-162.15:2, to pediatric sexual\nassault patients, as defined in \u00a7 32.1-162.15:2, shall comply with the\nprovisions of Article 8 (\u00a7 32.1-162.15:2 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1\napplicable to pediatric medical care facilities.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 725; 2023, c. 183; 2025, cc. 480, 491.","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}}