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V.I. Code tit. 19, § 38 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part I - General Provisions|Chapter 3 - Venereal Diseases|Subchapter I - Venereal Diseases|§ 38. Examination and treatment of prostitutes

 Whenever a woman is convicted of prostitution she shall be examined by a physician and if found to be suffering from venereal disease shall be placed under medical treatment in accordance with section 33 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 39 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part I - General Provisions|Chapter 3 - Venereal Diseases|Subchapter I - Venereal Diseases|§ 39. Discharge of patients; penalty for leaving before discharge

 Persons who are placed in a hospital to be treated for venereal disease shall not leave the hospital before they have been discharged by their physician. Whoever violates this section shall be imprisoned not more than 30 days.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 40 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part I - General Provisions|Chapter 3 - Venereal Diseases|Subchapter I - Venereal Diseases|§ 40. Penalty for cohabiting while infected

 Whoever cohabits with another, knowing herself or himself to be afflicted with venereal disease, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 41 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part I - General Provisions|Chapter 3 - Venereal Diseases|Subchapter I - Venereal Diseases|§ 41. Penalties for violations generally

 Unless otherwise provided, whoever violates any provisions of this chapter shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 51 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part I - General Provisions|Chapter 3 - Venereal Diseases|Subchapter II - Bureau of Epidemiology|§ 51. Bureau of Epidemiology

 (a) There is established in the Department of Health the Bureau of Epidemiology, staffed with an epidemiologist, a communicable disease field supervisor, a disease surveillance officer for St. Croix, a disease surveillance officer for St. Thomas and St. John and a data entry manager. (b) The Bureau of Epidemiology shall, in addition to all other powers and duties imposed upon it by law, develop and maintain a system for detecting, conducting surveillance of communicable diseases within the Virgin islands and investigating determining the epidemiology of those conditions which contribute to the diseases; and (c) establish and operate a central coordinating center for receipt and cataloguing of all surveillance reports.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 241 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 241. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is clearly otherwise required from the text: (a) “Board” means the Boards of Directors of the V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation. (b) “Corporation” means the V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation. (c) “Director of the Budget” means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget of the Government of the Virgin Islands. (d) “District Board” means the respective District Governing Boards of the corporation for the District of St. Croix and the District of St. Thomas-St. John. (e) “Districts” or “island districts” means the District of St. Croix and/or the District of St. Thomas-St. John. (f) “Governor” means the Governor of the Virgin Islands. (g) “Health care facilities” or “health facilities” means the hospitals and clinics under the jurisdiction of the corporation.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 242 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 242. Corporation purposes

 It is the purpose of the V.I. Governmental Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation to: (a) provide quality, comprehensive health care through the efficient management of hospitals and health facilities; and (b) formulate and coordinate major health care hospital policy for the territory and delegate day-to-day operating hospital policy decisions to the District Governing Boards; and (c) determine major health care services to be provided in each district and eliminate duplication of major services and specialities in order that limited resources are used to maximize a diversity of services throughout the territory; and (d) attain greater self-sufficiency in health care delivery through enhanced collection of health care costs from those using the services who are capable of paying; and (e) demonstrate through fiscal responsibility and efficient management its ability to effectively operate the territorial health care delivery system; and (f) achieve its purposes through the exercise of its powers; and (g) maintain a partnership with the V.I. Government for as long as a significant portion of the cost of health care delivery is appropriated from public revenues.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 244a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 244a. Chief Executive Officer as head of the hospitals; appointment of personnel; negotiation of collective bargaining agreements

 The Chief Executive Officer shall serve as the head of the hospital to which he is appointed and shall: (a) appoint and remove the Medical Director, and the Chief Financial Officer with the advice and consent of the respective District Board; (b) appoint and remove all managerial personnel, health care providers and all other professional and nonprofessional personnel, subject to the provisions of Title 3, chapter 25, section 530 relating to procedures for employee dismissals, demotions and suspensions and 531 relating to the prohibition against discrimination on account of non-merit factors, the rules and regulations of the Corporation promulgated pursuant to section 245(e)(2) of this chapter, any collective bargaining agreements and subject to the V.I. Government's budget constraints and allotment process; and (c) with the assistance of the Chief Negotiator, negotiate all non-economic provisions of collective bargaining agreements which affect the management and operation of the hospital. The Chief Negotiator, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officers, shall negotiate all economic provisions of collective bargaining agreements which obligate the General Fund. All collective bargaining agreements shall be subject to the approval of the Governor. The Chief Executive Officers and the Chief Negotiator shall develop administrative polices and procedures to implement the provisions of this subsection.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 245a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 245a. Competitive bidding

 (a) All purchases and contracts for supplies or services and equipment, except for personal services, made by the Corporation or the respective District Boards, including contracts for facilities of the Corporation, shall be made after advertisement for bids sufficiently in advance of opening bids for the Corporation or the respective District Boards to secure appropriate notice and opportunity for competition; but if the expense estimated to be necessary in connection with the purchase or work does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or the purchase or contract is for medicine, hospital, laboratory, surgical equipment and supplies in accordance with the provisions of Title 31, Virgin Islands Code, section 239(a)(5), the purchase or work may be carried out without advertisement for bids. Advertisement for bids shall not be required, however, when (1) an emergency requires immediate delivery of the materials, supplies, equipment, or performance of the services; or (2) repair parts, accessories, or supplemental equipment or services are required for supplies or service previously furnished or contracted for; or (3) professional, financial, including financial planning, or other expert services or work are required and the District Board considers it in the best interest of good administration that contracts therefor be made without such advertisement; or (4) prices are noncompetitive because there is only one source of supply or because regulated under law; in such case the purchase of such materials, supplies, or equipment, or procurement of such services, may be made in the open market in the manner usual in commercial practice. (b) In the comparison of bids and the making of awards, in addition to consideration of whether the bidder has complied with the specifications, due consideration shall be given to such factors as the bidder's ability to perform construction work of the kind involved in the construction contract under consideration, the relative quality and adaptability of materials, supplies, equipment or services; and the time of delivery or performance offered. (c) Within 90 days after the enactment of this section, the Corporation shall adopt and have in place rules and regulations for the submission of bids. (d) Advertisement for bids must be published through electronic media or in newspapers of general circulation in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 245b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 245b. Exemption of corporation's property from execution, liens or taxes

 (a) All property of the corporation, including funds, shall be exempt from judicial process of every kind, including, without limitation, attachment, levy, execution and sale by virtue of an execution, and no judgment shall be a lien or charge against the corporation's property or funds; Provided That, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees of the corporation to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage or other security of the corporation or to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any lien or pledge given by the corporation upon its revenues, or to the right of the Federal Government to pursue any rights conferred upon it by federal law, any contract, or the provisions of this chapter. (b) The property of the corporation acquired or held for its corporate purposes is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property and the corporation are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the Virgin Islands or of any taxing authority or body thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 246 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 246. Duties of the corporation

 It is the duty of the corporation and the corporation shall: (a) submit to the Governor and the Legislature, within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year, a complete and detailed report of its operations and accomplishments, receipts and expenditures, assets and liabilities, the details of its lease and sales agreements, the amount charged for services, and the improvements, if any, in its collections; and (b) maintain auditable accounts and records and make them available upon reasonable request to the Director of the Budget or the Chairman of the Legislature's Committee on Finance; and (c) comply with the laws, rules and regulations, and procedures of the Government of the Virgin Islands as applicable, and most particularly with respect to employees, and abide by collective bargaining agreements applicable to the Government employees subject to supervision by the corporation; and (d) operate the hospitals and health care facilities under its jurisdiction in accordance with guidelines established by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations where applicable; and (e) through its District Boards, submit to the Governor and the Legislature a Certified Annual Audit of the respective Hospitals which shall be paid for by each respective Hospital. The provisions of subsection (e) of this section shall become effective October 1, 2000.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 247 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 247. Restrictions of the corporation

 (a) No member of the Board of Directors or either District Governing Board shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, as principal, surety, or otherwise, in any contract, the expense or consideration whereof is payable out of funds of the corporation. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the corporation to sell bonds or notes except through the Public Finance Authority. (c) The corporation shall not commit unappropriated Government funds, nor acquire property which will impose an additional financial burden on the Government of the Virgin Islands. (d) The Corporation may not sell, mortgage, pledge or assign any real property, including improvements thereon, owned by the Corporation without the approval of the Legislature.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 249 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 249. Termination of the corporation

 The corporation and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law. Upon termination, all corporate rights, property, assets and funds shall thereupon vest in and be possessed by the Government of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 251 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act|§ 251. Short title

 This subchapter may be cited as “The Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act” or “The V.I. CARE Act.”
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 252 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act|§ 252. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to facilitate the discharge of patients who require long-term caregiver services, provide notice to, and involve caregivers in the hospital’s discharge plans for the patient, and assist patients and their caregivers by providing discharge plans that effectively explain and instruct in all after-care tasks necessary to maintain the patient’s ability to reside at home.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 253 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act|§ 253. Definitions

 (a) “Admission” means the formal acceptance by a hospital or other inpatient health care facility of a patient who is placed in an inpatient setting to be provided with a room, medical care, treatment, or observation for at least forty-eight consecutive hours. (b) “Post Discharge Care” means any assistance provided by a caregiver to a patient after the patient’s discharge from a hospital. Such assistance may include, but is not limited to, assisting with basic activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living or carrying out medical/nursing tasks such as: managing wound care, assisting in administering medications, or operating medical equipment. (c) “Caregiver” means any individual a family member, friend neighbor or other individual designated as a caregiver by a patient who provides after-care assistance to the patient living in his or her residence. (d) “Discharge” means a patient’s release or exit against medical advice from a hospital to the patient’s residence following any medical care, treatment, or observation. (e) “Residence” means a dwelling that the patient considers home. The term does not include any rehabilitation facility, hospital, nursing home, assisted living facility, or group home licensed by the Virgin Islands Department of Health.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 254 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act|§ 254. Caregiver—opportunity to designate

 (a) A hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient’s legal guardian with at least one opportunity to designate at least one caregiver no later than 24 hours after the patient’s entry into a hospital and prior to the patient’s discharge or transfer to another facility. (b) If the patient is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated upon entry into a hospital, the hospital shall provide the patient or the patient’s legal guardian with an opportunity to designate a caregiver not later than 24 hours following the patient’s recovery of consciousness or capacity. (c) If the patient or the patient’s legal guardian declines to designate a caregiver, the hospital shall promptly document the legal guardian’s waiver of caregiver designation in the patient’s medical record. (d) If the patient or the patient’s legal guardian designates a caregiver, the hospital shall promptly request the written consent of the patient or the patient’s legal guardian to release medical information to the patient’s caregiver pursuant to the hospital’s established procedures for releasing personal health information and in compliance with all federal and Virgin Islands laws. (e) If the patient or the patient’s legal guardian declines to consent to release medical information to the patient’s caregiver, the hospital is not required to provide the notice to the caregiver required by § 255 or provide information contained in the patient’s discharge plan as provided in § 256. (f) The hospital shall record in the patient’s medical record, the patient’s designated caregiver’s name, telephone number, address, and the relationship of the caregiver to the patient. (g) A patient may elect to change the designated caregiver at any time and the hospital shall record the change of caregiver in the patient’s medical record not later than 24 hours after the patient notifies the hospital of the change. (h) A designation of a caregiver by the patient or the patient’s legal guardian does not obligate the designated caregiver to accept the responsibility. (i) This section may not be construed to require a patient or a patient’s legal guardian to designate any individual as a caregiver.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 255 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act|§ 255. Notice to designated caregiver

 (a) A hospital shall notify the patient’s caregiver of the patient’s discharge or transfer to another hospital or facility as soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours before the patient’s actual discharge or transfer to the other facility. (b) A notification of a patient’s transfer must include: (1) The name, address, phone number and internet web address of the facility to which the patient is being transferred; and (2) The name, phone number and email address of the new attending physician working at the facility where the patient is being transferred.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 256 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act|§ 256. Instruction to designated caregiver

 (a) As soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours before a patient’s discharge from a hospital, the hospital shall consult with the caregiver and the patient regarding the caregiver’s capabilities and limitations and issue a discharge plan that describes a patient’s after-care needs at the patient’s residence. (b) At minimum, the discharge plan must include: (1) The name and contact information of the caregiver; (2) A description of all after-care tasks necessary to maintain the patient’s ability to reside at home, taking into account the capabilities and limitations of the caregiver; and (3) Contact information for any health care, community resources, and long-term support services necessary to successfully carry out the patient’s discharge plan. (c) The hospital’s discharge plan must provide caregivers with instruction in all after-care tasks described in the discharge plan. At minimum, the instruction must include: (1) A live demonstration of the tasks performed by a hospital employee or individual with whom the hospital has a contractual relationship authorized to perform the after-care task, provided in a culturally competent manner and in accordance with the hospital’s requirements to provide language access services under Virgin Islands or federal law; (2) An opportunity for the caregiver and patient to ask questions about the after-care tasks; and (3) Answers to the caregiver’s and patient’s questions provided in a culturally competent manner and in accordance with the hospital’s requirements to provide language access services pursuant to territorial and federal law. (d) Any instruction required to be provided must be documented in the patient’s medical record, including, at minimum, the date, time, and contents of the instruction.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 257 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act|§ 257. Non-interference with powers of existing health care directives

 Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to affect the rights of an agent operating under a valid power-of-attorney or health care directive, as provided under chapter 11 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 258 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act|§ 258. Limitations

 Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to create a private right of action against a hospital, a hospital employee, or an individual with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship, or to otherwise supersede or replace exiting rights or remedies under any other provision of law.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 259 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools|Chapter 16 - v.i. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act|§ 259. Regulations

 The Department of Human Services shall promulgate regulations to implement this subchapter, including, regulations to further define the content and scope of any instruction provided to caregivers.