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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75042</law_id><section_number>32.1-124</section_number><catch_line>Exemptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>23.1-2212</reference><reference>32.1-126</reference><reference>32.1-137.08</reference><reference>47.1-2</reference><reference>54.1-2982</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Effective January 1, 2026) Definitions" href="/32.1-123/">32.1-123</a> through <a class="law" title="Violation; penalties" href="/32.1-136/">32.1-136</a> shall not be applicable to: (i) a dispensary or first-aid facility maintained by any commercial or industrial plant, educational institution or convent; (ii) an institution licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; (iii) an institution or portion thereof licensed by the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> of Social Services; (iv) a <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> or <span class="dictionary">nursing home</span> owned or operated by an agency of the United States government; (v) an office of one or more physicians or surgeons unless such office is used principally for performing surgery; and (vi) a <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> or <span class="dictionary">nursing home</span>, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Effective January 1, 2026) Definitions" href="/32.1-123/">32.1-123</a>, owned or operated by an agency of the Commonwealth unless such <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> or <span class="dictionary">nursing home</span> or portion thereof is certified as a nursing facility pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Certification of medical care facilities under Title XVIII of Social Security Act" href="/32.1-137/">32.1-137</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-298; 1964, c. 54; 1973, c. 477; 1979, c. 711; 1989, c. 618; 2009, cc. 813, 840.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
