                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INSPECTION OF HOSPITALS BY STATE AGENCIES GENERALLY (§ 32.1-125.1)

As used in this section unless the context requires a different meaning,
&#8220;hospital&#8221; means a hospital as defined in § 32.1-123 or 37.2-100.
		State agencies shall make or cause to be made only such inspections of
hospitals as are necessary to carry out the various obligations imposed on each
agency by applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Any on-site
inspection by a state agency or a division or unit thereof that substantially
complies with the inspection requirements of any other state agency or any other
division or unit of the inspecting agency charged with making similar
inspections shall be accepted as an equivalent inspection in lieu of an on-site
inspection by said agency or by a division or unit of the inspecting agency. A
state agency shall coordinate its hospital inspections both internally and with
those required by other state agencies so as to ensure that the requirements of
this section are met. No hospital shall receive additional inspections until all
other licensed hospitals in the Commonwealth have also been inspected, unless
the additional inspections are (i) necessary to follow up on a preoperational
inspection or one or more violations, (ii) required by a uniformly applied
risk-based schedule established by the Department, (iii) necessary to
investigate a complaint regarding the hospital, or (iv) otherwise deemed
necessary by the Commissioner or his designee to protect the health and safety
of the public.
		Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all hospitals licensed
by the Department of Health or Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Services that have been certified under the provisions of Title XVIII of the
Social Security Act for hospital or psychiatric services or that have obtained
accreditation from a national accrediting organization granted authority by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure compliance with Medicare
conditions of participation pursuant to § 1865 of Title XVIII of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395bb) may be subject to inspections so long as such
certification or accreditation is maintained but only to the extent necessary to
ensure the public health and safety.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-300.1; 1979, c. 220; 1989, c. 618; 2009, cc. 813, 840;
2014, c. 320; 2017, c. 465.