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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76718</law_id><section_number>54.1-3100</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>63.2-1803</reference><reference>8.01-581.1</reference></referred_to_by><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="31">Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Administrators</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Assisted living facility</span>&#x201D; means any public or private <span class="dictionary">assisted living facility</span>, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/63.2-100/">63.2-100</a>, that is required to be licensed as an <span class="dictionary">assisted living facility</span> by the Department of Social Services under the provisions of Subtitle IV (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Application fees; regulations and schedules; use of fees; certain facilities, centers, and agencies exempt" href="/63.2-1700/">63.2-1700</a> et seq.) of Title 63.2.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Assisted living facility</span> administrator</span>&#x201D; means any individual charged with the general administration of an <span class="dictionary">assisted living facility</span>, regardless of whether he has an ownership interest in the facility.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Long-Term Care Administrators.
		&#x201C;Nursing home&#x201D; means any public or private facility required to be licensed as a nursing home under the provisions of Chapter 5 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Effective January 1, 2026) Definitions" href="/32.1-123/">32.1-123</a> et seq.) of Title 32.1 and the regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Health.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Nursing home administrator</span>&#x201D; means any individual charged with the general administration of a nursing home regardless of whether he has an ownership interest in the facility.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 775, &#xA7; 54-900; 1988, c. 765; 2005, cc. 610, 924.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
