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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>53943</law_id><section_number>32.1-136</section_number><catch_line>Violation; penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-124</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>Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> owning, establishing, conducting, maintaining, managing or operating a <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> or <span class="dictionary">nursing home</span> which is not licensed as required by this article shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-310; 1962, c. 551; 1979, c. 711.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
