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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58521</law_id><section_number>54.1-2993</section_number><catch_line>Reciprocity</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="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="29">Medicine and Other Healing Arts</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="8">Health Care Decisions Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An <span class="dictionary">advance directive</span> executed in another state shall be deemed to be validly executed for the purposes of this article if executed in compliance with the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth of Virginia or the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the state where executed. Such <span class="dictionary">advance directives</span> shall be construed in accordance with the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth of Virginia.</p></section></text><history>1992, cc. 748, 772.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
