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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77485</law_id><section_number>32.1-135.1</section_number><catch_line>Certain advertisements prohibited</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>No <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall include in any advertisement death rate statistics in such manner as to suggest the relative quality of health or <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> services.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 85.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
