                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLAWFUL ADVERTISING AS A HOME CARE ORGANIZATION (§ 32.1-162.15:1)

It shall be unlawful for any person not licensed as a home care organization
pursuant to this article or exempt from licensure pursuant to subsection 3 of §
32.1-162.8, or whose license as a home care organization has been suspended or
revoked, or whose license as a home care organization has lapsed and has not
been renewed to knowingly advertise or market himself as or otherwise hold
himself out to be a home care organization under § 32.1-162.7 or to otherwise
assert or imply that he is licensed to provide home health, personal care, or
pharmaceutical services. For the purposes of this section, a person who solely
offers referrals of independent providers of home care or personal care
services, and who advertises or markets himself as such, shall not be deemed to
be holding himself out as, or asserting or implying that he is, a home care
organization or otherwise licensed to provide home health or personal care
services.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 304.