<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76878</law_id><section_number>32.1-131</section_number><catch_line>Expiration and renewal of licenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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>All licenses shall expire at midnight December 31 of the year issued, or as otherwise specified, and shall be required to be renewed annually.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-304; 1979, c. 711.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
