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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59627</law_id><section_number>32.1-353.2</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="13.1">Certified Nursing Facility Education Initiative</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Medical Assistance Services.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Certified nursing facility</span>&#x201D; means any skilled nursing facility, skilled care facility, intermediate care facility, nursing or nursing care facility, or nursing home, whether freestanding or a portion of a freestanding <span class="dictionary">medical care facility</span>, that is certified for participation as a Medicare or Medicaid provider, or both, pursuant to Title XVIII and Title XIX of the United States Social Security Act, as amended, and &#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>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Civil money penalty funds</span>&#x201D; means those funds collected by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Medical Assistance Services for enforcement of <span class="dictionary">certified nursing facility</span> remedies pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Director</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Medical Assistance Services.</p></section></text><history>2000, c. 475; 2003, c. 481; 2007, c. 474.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
