                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE NOT REQUIRED OF CERTAIN NURSING FACILITIES OR
NURSING HOMES (§ 32.1-102.3:1)

An application for a certificate that there exists a public need for a proposed
project shall not be required for nursing facilities or nursing homes affiliated
with facilities which, on January 1, 1982, and thereafter, meet all of the
following criteria:

1. A facility which is operated as a nonprofit institution.

2. A facility which is licensed jointly by the Department as a nursing facility
or nursing home and by the Department of Social Services as an assisted living
facility.

3. A facility which observes the following restrictions on admissions:
			a. Admissions are only allowed pursuant to the terms of a &#8220;life care
contract&#8221; guaranteeing that the full complement of services offered by the
facility is available to the resident as and when needed;
			b. Admissions to the assisted living facility unit are restricted to
individuals defined as ambulatory by the Department of Social Services;
			c. Admissions to the nursing facility or nursing home unit are restricted to
those individuals who are residents of the assisted living facility unit.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 659; 1993, cc. 957, 993; 2008, c. 857; 2009, c. 175; 2011, c.
155.