                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS (§ 63.2-1800)

A. Each license shall indicate whether the facility is licensed to provide
residential living care or residential living and assisted living care.

B. Any facility licensed exclusively as an assisted living facility shall not
use in its title the words &#8220;convalescent,&#8221; &#8220;health,&#8221;
&#8220;hospital,&#8221; &#8220;nursing,&#8221; &#8220;sanatorium,&#8221; or
&#8220;sanitarium,&#8221; nor shall such words be used to describe the facility
in brochures, advertising, or other marketing material. No facility shall
advertise or market a level of care that it is not licensed to provide. Nothing
in this subsection shall prohibit the facility from describing services
available in the facility.

C. Upon initial application for a license, any person applying to operate an
assisted living facility who has not previously owned or managed or does not
currently own or manage such a facility shall be required to undergo training by
the Commissioner. The training programs shall focus on health and safety
regulations and resident rights as they pertain to assisted living facilities
and shall be completed by the owner or administrator prior to the granting of an
initial license. Such training shall be required of those owners and currently
employed administrators of an assisted living facility at the time of initial
application for a license. The Commissioner may also approve training programs
provided by other entities and allow owners or administrators to attend such
approved training programs in lieu of training by the Commissioner. The
Commissioner may also approve for licensure applicants who meet requisite
experience criteria as established by the Board. The Commissioner may, at his
discretion, issue a license conditioned upon the owner or administrator&#8217;s
completion of the required training.

D. For the purpose of facilitating the prompt restoration of electrical service
and prioritization of customers during widespread power outages, the
Commissioner shall notify on a quarterly basis all electric utilities serving
customers in Virginia as to the location of all assisted living facilities
licensed in the Commonwealth. The requirements of this subsection shall be met
if the Commissioner maintains such information on an electronic database
accessible by electric utilities serving customers in Virginia.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 63-23.1; 1954, c. 259; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-175; 1972,
c. 540; 1973, c. 227; 1979, c. 461; 1981, c. 222; 1983, c. 153; 1991, c. 532;
1992, c. 666; 1993, cc. 957, 993; 1994, c. 686; 1999, c. 964; 2000, cc. 178,
203; 2002, c. 747; 2004, c. 304.