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VA Code § 32.1-92.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 3 - Medical Care Services|§ 32.1-92.1. Funding of certain abortions where pregnancy results from rape or incest

From the moneys appropriated to the Department from the general fund, the Board shall fund abortions for women who otherwise meet the financial eligibility criteria of the State Medical Assistance Plan in any case in which a pregnancy occurs as a result of rape or incest and which is reported to a law-enforcement or public health agency.1982, c. 644.
VA Code § 32.1-92.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 3 - Medical Care Services|§ 32.1-92.2. Funding of certain abortions where fetus is believed to have incapacitating physical deformity or mental deficiency; physician's certificate

From the moneys appropriated to the Department from the general fund, the Board shall fund abortions for women who otherwise meet the financial eligibility criteria of the State Medical Assistance Plan in any case in which a physician who is trained and qualified to perform such tests certifies in writing, after appropriate tests have been performed, that he believes the fetus will be born with a gross and totally incapacitating physical deformity or with a gross and totally incapacitating mental deficiency.1982, c. 645.
VA Code § 32.1-102.1:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.1:1. Equipment registration required

Within thirty calendar days of becoming contractually obligated to acquire any medical equipment for the provision of cardiac catheterization, computed tomographic (CT) scanning, stereotactic radiosurgery, lithotripsy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic source imaging (MSI), open heart surgery, positron emission tomographic (PET) scanning, radiation therapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, proton beam therapy, or other specialized service designated by the Board by regulation, any person shall register such purchase with the Commissioner and the appropriate regional health planning agency.1999, cc. 899, 922; 2000, c. 931; 2009, c. 175.
VA Code § 32.1-102.1:2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.1:2. Certificate of public need required; registration of certain equipment and capital projects required

A. No person shall undertake a project described in subsection B of § 32.1-102.1:3 or regulations of the Board at or on behalf of a medical care facility described in subsection A of § 32.1-102.1:3 without first obtaining a certificate from the Commissioner.B. No person shall acquire any replacement medical equipment for the provision of cardiac catheterization, computed tomographic (CT) scanning, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), open heart surgery, positron emission tomographic (PET) scanning, radiation therapy, stereotactic radiotherapy other than radiotherapy performed using a linear accelerator or other medical equipment that uses concentrated doses of high-energy X-rays to perform external beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or other specialized service designated by the Board by regulation without first registering such purchase with the Commissioner and the appropriate regional health planning agency. Such registration shall be made at least 30 calendar days prior to the date on which the person will become contractually obligated to acquire such medical equipment.C. No general hospital shall make any capital expenditure of $5 million or more and no medical care facility other than a general hospital shall make any capital expenditure between $5 million and the amount established by the Board as the minimum capital expenditure by a medical care facility other than a general hospital for which a certificate is required pursuant to subdivision B 8 of § 32.1-102.1:3 without first registering such capital expenditure with the Commissioner pursuant to regulations of the Board. The amounts specified in this subsection shall be revised annually to reflect inflation using appropriate measures incorporating construction costs and medical inflation.2020, c. 1271.
VA Code § 32.1-102.3:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.3:1. Application for certificate not required of certain nursing facilities or nursing homes

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 "life care contract" 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.1982, c. 659; 1993, cc. 957, 993; 2008, c. 857; 2009, c. 175; 2011, c. 155.
VA Code § 32.1-102.3:1.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.3:1.1. Continuing care retirement communities accessing medical assistance

A. A nursing facility in Planning District 8 in a continuing care retirement community registered with the State Corporation Commission pursuant to Chapter 49 (§ 38.2-4900 et seq.) of Title 38.2, which is not already certified for participation in the Medical Assistance Program, may be certified for participation in the Medical Assistance Program, without regard to any condition of a certificate of public need, so long as:1. The nursing facility is no longer operating under an open admissions period;2. Any residents who qualify and receive medical assistance under the state program must have been residents of the continuing care retirement community for at least three years;3. Not more than 25 percent of the nursing home beds of the facility, or 15 nursing home beds, whichever is fewer, may be occupied by individuals receiving benefits at any given time; and4. Any resident who qualifies for and receives medical assistance under the state program in a continuing care retirement community nursing facility must have first exhausted any refundable entrance fee paid on the resident's behalf, as defined in § 38.2-4900, as a result of expenditures for that resident's care in the continuing care retirement community.B. Nothing in this section shall alter the conditions of a continuing care retirement community's participation in the Medical Assistance Program if that continuing care retirement community was certified for participation prior to July 1, 2010.For the purposes of this section, "open admissions period" means a time during which a facility may take admissions directly into its nursing home beds without the signing of a standard contract.2008, c. 857; 2011, c. 155; 2019, cc. 299, 384.
VA Code § 32.1-102.3:2.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.3:2.2. Expired

Expired.
VA Code § 32.1-102.3:7 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.3:7. Application for transfer of nursing facility beds

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 32.1-102.3:2, the Commissioner shall accept and may approve applications for the transfer of nursing facility beds from one planning district to another planning district when no Request for Applications has been issued in cases in which the applicant can demonstrate (i) there is a shortage of nursing facility beds in the planning district to which beds are proposed to be transferred, (ii) the number of nursing facility beds in the planning district from which beds are proposed to be moved exceeds the need for such beds, (iii) the proposed transfer of nursing facility beds would not result in creation of a need for additional beds in the planning district from which the beds are proposed to be transferred, and (iv) the nursing facility beds proposed to be transferred will be made available to individuals in need of nursing facility services in the planning district to which they are proposed to be transferred without regard to the source of payment for such services.B. Applications received pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of this article governing review of applications for certificate of public need.2013, c. 515.
VA Code § 32.1-102.3:8 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.3:8. Application for an open admission period for a continuing care retirement community

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 32.1-102.3:2, the Commissioner shall accept and may approve applications for a two-year or three-year open admission period for a continuing care retirement community nursing facility approved as part of an initial certificate of public need pursuant to subsection E of § 32.1-102.3:2.B. Any person seeking an open admission period pursuant to subsection A shall provide written notice of the proposed open admission period to all nursing facilities located within the planning district. The Commissioner shall accept public comment on an application for an open admission period pursuant to subsection A for a period of 14 days following submission of the application.2013, c. 515.
VA Code § 32.1-102.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.5. Certificate not transferable

No certificate issued for a project shall be transferable.1982, c. 388.
VA Code § 32.1-102.6:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.6:1. Revocation of a certificate

The Commissioner shall revoke a certificate of public need for:1. Failure to comply with the requirements of subsection A of § 32.1-102.4 regarding schedules for completion of a project or maximum capital expenditures for a project; or2. Willfully or recklessly misrepresented intentions or facts in obtaining a certificate.2020, c. 1271.
VA Code § 32.1-102.8 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.8. Enjoining project undertaken without certificate or registration

On petition of the Commissioner, the Board or the Attorney General, the circuit court of the county or city where a project is under construction or is intended to be constructed, located, or undertaken shall have jurisdiction to enjoin any project that is constructed, undertaken, or commenced without a certificate or registration required by this article or to enjoin the admission of patients to the project or to enjoin the provision of services through the project.1982, c. 388; 2020, c. 1271.
VA Code § 32.1-102.9 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.9. Designation of judge

The judge of the court to which any appeal is taken as provided in § 32.1-102.6 and the judge of the court referred to in § 32.1-102.8 shall be designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from a circuit other than the circuit where the project is or will be under construction, located or undertaken.1982, c. 388; 1984, c. 740.
VA Code § 32.1-102.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-102.10. Commencing project without certificate or registration grounds for refusing to issue license

Commencing any project without a certificate or registration required by this article shall constitute grounds for refusing to issue a license for such project. Persons commencing any project without a certificate or registration as required by this article shall be subject to the penalties set forth in §§ 32.1-27 and 32.1-27.1.1982, c. 388; 2009, c. 175; 2020, c. 1271.
VA Code § 32.1-111.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-111.2. Exemptions from provisions of this article

The following entities are exempted from the provisions of this article:1. Emergency medical services agencies based outside the Commonwealth, except that any such agency receiving a person who is sick, injured, wounded, incapacitated, or helpless within the Commonwealth for transportation to a location within the Commonwealth shall comply with the provisions of this article;2. Emergency medical services agencies operated by the United States government; and3. Wheelchair interfacility transport services and wheelchair interfacility transport service vehicles that are engaged, whether or not for profit, in the business, service, or regular activity of and exclusively used for transporting wheelchair bound passengers between medical facilities in the Commonwealth when no ancillary medical care or oversight is necessary. However, such services and vehicles shall comply with Department of Medical Assistance Services regulations regarding the transportation of Medicaid recipients to covered services.1996, c. 899; 2005, c. 778; 2015, cc. 502, 503.
VA Code § 32.1-111.4:2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-111.4:2. Regional emergency medical services councils

The Board shall designate regional emergency medical services councils that shall be authorized to receive and disburse public funds. Each such council shall be charged with the development and implementation of an efficient and effective regional emergency medical services delivery system.The Board shall review those agencies that were the designated regional emergency medical services councils. The Board shall, in accordance with the standards established in its regulations, review and may renew or deny applications for such designations every three years. In its discretion, the Board may establish conditions for renewal of such designations or may solicit applications for designation as a regional emergency medical services council.Each regional emergency medical services council shall include, if available, representatives of the participating local governments, fire protection agencies, law-enforcement agencies, emergency medical services agencies, hospitals, licensed practicing physicians, emergency care nurses, mental health professionals, emergency medical services personnel, and other appropriate allied health professionals.Each regional emergency medical services council shall adopt and revise as necessary a regional emergency medical services plan in cooperation with the Board.The designated regional emergency services councils shall be required to match state funds with local funds obtained from private or public sources in the proportion specified in the regulations of the Board. Moneys received directly or indirectly from the Commonwealth shall not be used as matching funds. A local governing body may choose to appropriate funds for the purpose of providing matching grant funds for any designated regional emergency medical services council. However, this section shall not be construed to place any obligation on any local governing body to appropriate funds to any such council.The Board shall promulgate, in cooperation with the Advisory Board, regulations to implement this section, which shall include, but not be limited to, requirements to ensure accountability for public funds, criteria for matching funds, and performance standards.2015, cc. 502, 503.
VA Code § 32.1-111.4:3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-111.4:3. Provision of emergency medical services

A. Any county, city, or town may provide emergency medical services to its citizens by (i) establishing an emergency medical services agency as a department of government pursuant to § 32.1-111.4:6 or (ii) contracting with or providing for the provision of emergency medical services by an emergency medical services agency established pursuant to § 32.1-111.4:7.B. In cases in which a county, city, or town elects to contract with or provide for emergency medical services by an emergency medical services agency pursuant to clause (ii) of subsection A, the emergency medical services agency shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the county, city, or town and, as such, exempt from suit for damages done incident to the provision of emergency medical services therein unless the emergency medical services agency is a private, for-profit emergency medical services agency.2015, cc. 502, 503.
VA Code § 32.1-111.4:4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-111.4:4. Emergency medical services personnel and equipment may in emergencies go or be sent beyond territorial limits

Whenever the necessity arises during any actual or potential emergency resulting from fire, personal injury, or other public disaster, the emergency medical services personnel of any county, city, or town may, together with all necessary equipment, lawfully go or be sent beyond the territorial limits of such county, city, or town to any point within or without the Commonwealth to assist in meeting such emergency.In such event, the acts performed by such fire or emergency medical services personnel and the expenditures made for such purpose by such county, city, or town shall be deemed conclusively to be for a public and governmental purpose, and all of the immunities from liability enjoyed by a county, city, or town when acting through its emergency medical services personnel for a public or governmental purpose within its territorial limits shall be enjoyed by it to the same extent when such county, city, or town is so acting, under this section or under other lawful authority, beyond its territorial limits.Emergency medical services personnel of any county, city, or town, when acting hereunder or under other lawful authority beyond the territorial limits of such county, city, or town, shall have all the immunities from liability and exemptions from laws, ordinances, and regulations and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability, workers' compensation, and other benefits enjoyed by them while performing their respective duties.2015, cc. 502, 503.
VA Code § 32.1-111.4:6 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-111.4:6. Establishment of an emergency medical services agency as a department of local government

A. The governing body of any county, city, or town may establish an emergency medical services agency as a department of government and may designate it by any name consistent with the names of its other governmental units. The head of such emergency medical services agency shall be known as "the emergency medical services agency chief" or "EMS chief." As many other officers and employees may be employed in such emergency medical services agency as the governing body may approve.B. An emergency medical services agency established pursuant to subsection A may consist of government-employed emergency medical services personnel, volunteer emergency medical services personnel, or both. If an emergency medical services agency established pursuant to this section includes volunteer emergency medical services personnel, such volunteer emergency medical services agency shall be deemed an instrumentality of the county, city, or town and, as such, exempt from suit for damages done incident to providing emergency medical services to the county, city, or town.C. The governing body of any county, city, or town may empower an emergency medical services agency established therein pursuant to this section to make bylaws to promote its objects consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth and ordinances of the county, city, or town and may provide for the compensation of the officers and employees of such agency.D. All check stubs or time cards purporting to be a record of time spent on the job by emergency medical services personnel employed by an emergency medical services agency established pursuant to this section shall record all hours of employment, regardless of how spent. All check stubs or pay records purporting to show the hourly compensation of emergency medical services personnel employed by an emergency medical services agency established pursuant to this section shall show the actual hourly wage to be paid. Nothing in this section shall require the showing of such information on check stubs, time cards, or pay records; however, if such information is shown, the information shall be in compliance with this section.2015, cc. 502, 503.
VA Code § 32.1-111.4:7 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-111.4:7. Establishment of an emergency medical services agency as a nongovernmental entity; dissolution

A. Any number of persons wishing to provide emergency medical services may establish an emergency medical services agency by (i) recording a writing stating the formation of such company, with the names of the members thereof thereto subscribed in the court of the county or city wherein such agency shall be located, (ii) complying with such local ordinances as may exist related to establishment of an emergency medical services agency, and (iii) obtaining a valid emergency medical services agency license from the Office of Emergency Medical Services together with such emergency medical services vehicle permits from the Office of Emergency Medical Services as the Office of Emergency Medical Services may require. The principal officer of such emergency medical services agency shall be known as "the emergency medical services agency chief" or "EMS chief."B. The members of an emergency medical services agency established pursuant to subsection A may make regulations for effecting its objects consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth; the ordinances of the county, city, or town; and the bylaws of the emergency medical services agency thereof.C. In every county, city, or town in which an emergency medical services agency is established pursuant to this section, there shall be appointed, at such time and in such manner as the governing body of such county, city, or town in which the emergency medical services agency is located may prescribe, an emergency medical services agency chief and as many other officers of the emergency medical services agency as such governing body may direct.D. An emergency medical services agency established pursuant to this section may be dissolved when the local governing body of the county, city, or town in which the emergency medical services agency is located determines that the emergency medical services agency has failed, for three months successively, to have or keep in good and serviceable condition emergency medical services vehicles and equipment and other proper implements, or when the governing body of the county, city, or town for any reason deems it advisable.E. Upon dissolution of an emergency medical services agency established pursuant to this section, any property that was in the possession of such emergency medical services agency and that was purchased using public funds shall be offered to a city or county served by the emergency medical services agency to be used for the public good.2015, cc. 502, 503; 2020, c. 946.
VA Code § 32.1-111.4:8 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning|§ 32.1-111.4:8. Ordinances as to emergency medical services agencies

The governing body of any county, city, or town in which an emergency medical services agency is established pursuant to § 32.1-111.4:6 or 32.1-111.4:7 may make such ordinances in relation to the powers and duties of emergency medical services agencies and emergency medical services agency chiefs or other officers of such emergency medical services agencies as it may deem proper.2015, cc. 502, 503.