                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CRITERIA TO IDENTIFY UNDERSERVED AREAS (§ 32.1-122.5)

The Board of Health shall establish criteria to identify medically underserved
areas within the Commonwealth. These criteria shall consist of quantifiable
measures sensitive to the unique characteristics of urban and rural
jurisdictions which may include the incidence of infant mortality, the
availability of primary care resources, poverty levels, and other measures
indicating the inadequacy of the primary health care system as determined by the
Board. The Board shall also include in these criteria the need for medical care
services in the state facilities operated by the Departments of Corrections,
Juvenile Justice, and Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

HISTORY: 1990, cc. 874, 877; 2009, cc. 813, 840.