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VA Code § 32.1-291.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-291.18. Immunity

A. A person that acts in accordance with this Act or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.B. Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.C. In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under this Act, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, A 5, A 6, A 7, A 8, or A 9 of § 32.1-291.9 relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.2007, cc. 92, 907.
VA Code § 32.1-291.19 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-291.19. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity

A. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:1. This Act;2. The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or3. The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.B. If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.C. A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. 2007, cc. 92, 907.
VA Code § 32.1-291.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-291.20. Donor registry

For the purposes of this Act, the donor registry is the Virginia Donor Registry established under § 32.1-292.2.2007, cc. 92, 907.
VA Code § 32.1-291.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-291.21. Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive

A. In this section:"Advance health-care directive" means an advance directive executed by a prospective donor as provided in the Health Care Decisions Act (§ 54.1-2981 et seq.)."Declaration" means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which a life support system may be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor."Health care decision" means any decision regarding the health care of the prospective donor.B. If a prospective donor has a declaration or an advance health-care directive and the terms of the declaration or directive and the express or implied terms of a potential anatomical gift are in conflict with regard to the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the prospective donor's attending physician and the prospective donor shall confer to resolve the conflict. If the prospective donor is incapable of resolving the conflict, an agent acting under the prospective donor's declaration or directive, or, if there is no declaration or directive, or the agent is not reasonably available, another person authorized by law other than this Act, to make health care decisions on behalf of the prospective donor, shall act for the donor to resolve the conflict. The conflict shall be resolved as expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to the resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift for the prospective donor under § 32.1-291.9. Before resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of an organ for transplantation or therapy may not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor if withholding or withdrawing the measures is not contraindicated by appropriate end-of-life care.2007, cc. 92, 907; 2008, c. 82.
VA Code § 32.1-291.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-291.22. Cooperation between Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and procurement organization

A. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and procurement organizations shall cooperate with each other to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.B. If the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the Chief Medical Examiner or an Assistant Chief Medical Examiner denies recovery in accordance with § 32.1-291.23, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall, when practicable, cause a postmortem examination of the body or the part to be conducted in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.C. A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude the Chief Medical Examiner or an Assistant Chief Medical Examiner from performing the medicolegal autopsy upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner or from using the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the purposes of education, training, and research.2007, cc. 92, 907; 2014, c. 583.
VA Code § 32.1-291.24 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-291.24. Uniformity of application and construction

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. 2007, cc. 92, 907.
VA Code § 32.1-291.25 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-291.25. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

This Act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede § 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in § 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).2007, cc. 92, 907.
VA Code § 32.1-292.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-292.2. The Virginia Donor Registry

A. In order to save lives by reducing the shortage of organs and tissues for transplantation and to implement cost savings for patients and various state agencies by eliminating needless bureaucracy, there is hereby established the Virginia Donor Registry (hereinafter referred to as the Registry), which shall be created, compiled, operated, maintained, and modified as necessary by the Virginia Transplant Council in accordance with the regulations of the Board of Health and the administration of the Department of Health. At its sole discretion, the Virginia Transplant Council may contract with a third party or parties to create, compile, operate, maintain or modify the Registry. Pertinent information on all Virginians who have indicated a willingness to donate organs and tissues in accordance with the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq.) shall be compiled, maintained, and modified as necessary in the Registry by the Virginia Transplant Council.B. The Registry and all information therein shall be confidential and subject to access only by personnel of the Department of Health and designated organ procurement organizations, eye banks, and tissue banks, operating in or serving Virginia that are members of the Virginia Transplant Council, for the purpose of identifying and determining the suitability of a potential donor according to the provisions of subdivision B 4 of § 32.1-127 or subsection G of § 46.2-342.C. The purpose of the Registry shall include, but not be limited to:1. Providing a means of recovering an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, education or research as authorized by the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq.) and subsection G of § 46.2-342; and2. Collecting data to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of educational initiatives promoting organ, eye, and tissue donation that are conducted or coordinated by the Virginia Transplant Council or its members.D. The Board, in consultation with the Virginia Transplant Council, shall promulgate regulations necessary to create, compile, operate, maintain, modify as necessary, and administer the Virginia Donor Registry. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to:1. Recording the data subject's full name, address, sex, birth date, age, driver's license number or unique identifying number, and other pertinent identifying personal information;2. Authorizing the Virginia Transplant Council to analyze Registry data under research protocols that are designed to identify and assess the effectiveness of mechanisms to promote and increase organ, eye, and tissue donation within the Commonwealth; and3. Providing that any Virginian whose name has been placed in the registry may have his name deleted by filing an appropriate form with the Virginia Transplant Council or in accordance with the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq.).2000, cc. 481, 490; 2006, c. 166; 2007, cc. 92, 907; 2008, c. 82; 2009, c. 834; 2010, cc. 25, 55; 2016, cc. 135, 743.
VA Code § 32.1-296 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-296. Determination of death

The provisions of § 54.1-2972 shall be applicable for the purposes of this article.1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-297 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-297. Action for implied warranty in connection with transfer of blood or human tissue

No action for implied warranty shall lie for the procurement, processing, distribution or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives and other human tissue such as corneas, bones, or organs for the purpose of injecting, transfusing or transplanting any of them into the human body except where any defects or impurities in the said whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives and other human tissue such as corneas, bones, or organs are detectable by the use of established medical and technological procedures employed pursuant to the standards of local medical practice.Code 1950, § 32-364.2; 1968, c. 81; 1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-298 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-298. Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies

Any person having charge or control of any dead human body that has been lawfully donated for scientific study shall notify the Commissioner whenever and as soon as any such body comes to his possession, charge, or control and shall, without fee or reward, permit the Commissioner or his agents to remove such body, to be used for the advancement of health science.Code 1950, § 32-356; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1979, c. 711; 2014, cc. 228, 583.
VA Code § 32.1-299 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-299. Distribution of bodies

A. The bodies received pursuant to § 32.1-298 shall be distributed by the Commissioner to institutions and individuals as they may be needed for the purposes of scientific education and training in health and related subjects as follows:1. First, to the medical schools in Virginia;2. Second, equitably to the several colleges and schools of this Commonwealth authorized by law to teach health science and issue diplomas and such physicians and surgeons as the Commissioner may designate;3. Third, to colleges and schools in other states and the District of Columbia authorized by law to teach health science and issue diplomas.B. Before any institution or individual may receive any body pursuant to this section, such institution or individual shall have given a bond to the Commonwealth in the penalty of $1,000 with condition that any body received shall be used only for scientific education and training in health and related subjects. Evidence of such bond shall be filed with the Commissioner.C. All expenses incurred in the distribution and delivery of bodies pursuant to this section shall be paid by those receiving the bodies in such amount as may be prescribed by the Commissioner.D. The Commissioner is authorized to employ carriers to effect the distribution of dead human bodies pursuant to this section. Any carrier so employed shall obtain a receipt by name or, if the name be unknown, by a description for each body delivered by him and shall deposit such receipt with the Commissioner.Code 1950, §§ 32-357, 32-358, 32-360, 32-363; 1976, c. 222; 1979, c. 711; 2014, c. 228.
VA Code § 32.1-300 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-300. Records of bodies distributed

The Commissioner shall keep a record of all bodies received and distributed, together with data pertaining to the disposition thereof.Code 1950, § 32-355; 1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-301 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-301. Burial, cremation, or return of bodies after scientific study

After the bodies distributed pursuant to § 32.1-299 have been used for the purpose of instruction, they shall be decently interred or cremated by the institution or individual receiving them. However, if the decedent has stipulated in writing before his death that the cremated remains of his body, lawfully donated for scientific study, shall be returned to relatives for disposition after scientific study has been completed, or if the decedent's next of kin, who lawfully donated the body for scientific study, requests in writing at the time of donation that the decedent's cremated remains be returned to relatives after scientific study has been completed, the institution or individual that received the body shall return the decedent's cremated remains to his next of kin or relatives. Any such writing shall acknowledge the responsibility to maintain the current name, address, and telephone number of the relatives to whom the decedent's cremated remains are to be returned.The written request of the decedent's next of kin shall include the name of the next of kin, the current address to which the cremated remains shall be delivered, and the current telephone number of the next of kin or relatives where they may be contacted. The costs of transporting and delivering the cremated remains shall be borne by the institution or individual receiving the body. The institution or individual that received the decedent's body and who has received such a written request shall not be obligated to return the decedent's cremated remains if the name, address, and telephone number of the next of kin or relatives have not been provided in such written request or are no longer current.Code 1950, § 32-359; 1979, c. 711; 2000, c. 477; 2014, c. 583.
VA Code § 32.1-302 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-302. Importation of anatomical material

The Commissioner may, in his discretion, on the application of any person, empower such person to import into this Commonwealth and traffic in such anatomical material and pathological specimens as the Commissioner may designate.Code 1950, § 32-362; 1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-303 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-303. Penalty for trafficking in bodies

Except as provided in §§ 32.1-299 and 32.1-302, if any person sell or buy any dead human body, or in any way traffic in the same, or transmit or convey, or procure in order to be transmitted or conveyed, any such body for the purpose of trafficking in the same to any place outside of this Commonwealth, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 32-361; 1976, c. 222; 1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-304 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services|§ 32.1-304. General penalty for violation

If any person fail or refuse to perform any duty imposed upon him by this article, he shall, unless otherwise provided, be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 32-364; 1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-309.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8.1 - Disposition of Dead Human Bodies|§ 32.1-309.3. Cremations and burials at sea

No dead human body whose death occurred in Virginia shall be cremated or buried at sea, irrespective of the cause and manner of death, unless the Chief Medical Examiner, an Assistant Chief Medical Examiner, or a medical examiner appointed pursuant to § 32.1-282 has determined that there is no further need for medicolegal inquiry into the death and so certifies upon a form supplied by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. For this service the Chief Medical Examiner, an Assistant Chief Medical Examiner, or a medical examiner appointed pursuant to § 32.1-282 shall be entitled to a fee established by the Board, not to exceed the fee provided for in subsection D of § 32.1-283, to be paid by the applicant for the certificate.2014, cc. 228, 583.
VA Code § 32.1-309.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8.1 - Disposition of Dead Human Bodies|§ 32.1-309.4. Determination of hazardous human remains

The Commissioner, in consultation with the Governor, shall have the authority to determine if human remains are hazardous to the public health. If the Commissioner determines that such remains are hazardous, the Commonwealth, with direction from the Commissioner, shall be charged with the safe handling, identification, and disposition of the remains and shall erect a memorial, as appropriate, at any disposition site.For the purposes of this section, "hazardous," with regard to human remains, means those remains contaminated with an infectious, radiologic, chemical, or other dangerous agent.2014, c. 228.
VA Code § 32.1-309.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 8.1 - Disposition of Dead Human Bodies|§ 32.1-309.5. Storage of a dead human body

If a dead human body is to be stored for more than 48 hours prior to disposition, any institution having custody of such body shall ensure that the dead human body is maintained in refrigeration at no more than approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit or shall enter into an agreement with a local funeral service establishment pursuant to subsection D of § 32.1-309.2. Any related expenses shall be borne by the claimant or the relevant city or county in accordance with § 32.1-309.1 or 32.1-309.2.2016, c. 411.
VA Code § 32.1-310 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Medical Assistance|§ 32.1-310. Declaration of purpose; authority to audit records; authority to review complaints of abuse or neglect

The General Assembly finds and declares it to be in the public interest and for the protection of the health and welfare of the residents of the Commonwealth that a proper regulatory and inspection program be instituted in connection with the providing of medical, dental and other health services to recipients of medical assistance. In order to effectively accomplish such purpose and to assure that the recipient receives such services as are paid for by the Commonwealth, the acceptance by the recipient of such services and the acceptance by practitioners of reimbursement for performing such services shall authorize the Attorney General or his authorized representative to inspect and audit all records in connection with the providing of such services.The General Assembly further finds and declares it to be in the public interest and for the protection of the health and welfare of the residents of the Commonwealth that, in conducting such regulatory and inspection program, the Attorney General or his authorized representatives shall review complaints alleging abuse or neglect of persons in the care or custody of others who receive payments for providing health care services under the state plan for medical assistance.1981, c. 255; 1982, c. 41; 2011, cc. 110, 175.
VA Code § 32.1-312 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Medical Assistance|§ 32.1-312. Fraudulently obtaining excess or attempting to obtain excess benefits or payments; penalty

A. No person, agency or institution, but not including an individual medical assistance recipient of health care, on behalf of himself or others, whether under a contract or otherwise, shall obtain or attempt to obtain benefits or payments where the Commonwealth directly or indirectly provides any portion of the benefits or payments pursuant to the Plan for Medical Assistance and any amendments thereto as provided for in § 32.1-325, hereafter referred to as "medical assistance" in a greater amount than that to which entitled by:1. Knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any false statement or false representation of material fact;2. Knowingly and willfully concealing or causing to be concealed any material facts; or3. Knowingly and willfully engaging in any fraudulent scheme or device, including, but not limited to, submitting a claim for services, drugs, supplies or equipment that were unfurnished or were of a lower quality, or a substitution or misrepresentation of items billed.B. Any person, agency or institution knowingly and willfully violating any of the provisions of subsection A shall be (i) liable for repayment of any excess benefits or payments received, plus interest on the amount of the excess benefits or payments at the rate of 1.5 percent each month for the period from the date upon which payment was made to the date upon which repayment is made to the Commonwealth and (ii) in addition to any other penalties provided by law, subject to civil penalties. The state Attorney General may petition the circuit court in the jurisdiction of the alleged offense, to seek an order assessing civil penalties in an amount not to exceed three times the amount of such excess benefits or payments. Such civil penalties shall not apply to any acts or omissions occurring prior to the effective date of this law.C. A criminal action need not be brought against a person for that person to be civilly liable under this section.D. Civil penalties shall be deposited in the general fund of the state treasury upon their receipt.E. A civil action under this section shall be brought (i) within six years of the date on which the violation was committed, or (ii) within three years of the date when an official of the Commonwealth charged with the responsibility to act in the circumstances discovered or reasonably should have discovered the facts material to the cause of action. However, in no event shall the limitations period extend more than 10 years from the date on which the violation was committed.1981, c. 255; 1984, c. 781; 2007, c. 569; 2010, c. 305.