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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83084</law_id><section_number>32.1-135.2</section_number><catch_line>Offer or payment of remuneration in exchange for referral 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 pursuant to this chapter shall knowingly and willfully offer or pay any remuneration directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce any practitioner of the healing arts or any clinical psychologist to refer an individual or individuals to such <span class="dictionary">hospital</span>. The Board shall adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall be developed in conjunction with the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and shall be consistent with regulations adopted by such Board pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Offer or payment of remuneration in exchange for referral prohibited" href="/37.2-420/">37.2-420</a>. Such regulations shall exclude from the definition of &#x201C;remuneration&#x201D; any payments, business arrangements, or payment practices not prohibited by 42 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA0;1320a, as amended, or any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.</p></section></text><history>1990, c. 379; 1996, cc. 937, 980; 2009, cc. 813, 840.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
