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Code of Virginia
Title 32.1. Health
1/25/2021

Title 32.1. Health (2020 Updates)

  • Chapter 1. Administration Generally
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 32.1-3
      Definitions
    • Article 2. State Board of Health
      • § 32.1-15.1
      Certified community health workers
    • Article 3. Department of Health and State Health Commissioner
      • § 32.1-23.2
      Sexual assault nurse examiner information
  • Chapter 2. Disease Prevention and Control
    • Article 3. Disease Control Measures
      • § 32.1-45.1
      Deemed consent to testing and release of test results related to infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses
      § 32.1-45.2
      Public safety employees; testing for blood-borne pathogens; procedure available for certain citizens; definitions
      § 32.1-45.4
      Comprehensive harm reduction programs
      § 32.1-46
      (Effective until July 1, 2021) Immunization of patients against certain diseases
    • Article 3.1. Control of Rabies
      • § 32.1-48.1
      Regulation of State Health Commissioner declaring existence of rabies; display and publication
    • Article 8. Voluntary Program for Control of Genetic and Metabolic Diseases
      • § 32.1-68
      Commissioner to establish screening and treatment program; review by Board; program to include education and post-screening counseling; laboratory tests
    • Article 8.1. Virginia Congenital Anomalies Reporting and Education System
      • § 32.1-69.1
      Virginia Congenital Anomalies Reporting and Education System
    • Article 16. Advisory Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
      • § 32.1-73.9
      Advisory Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome; membership
      § 32.1-73.10
      Advisory Council; report
      § 32.1-73.11
      (Pursuant to Acts 2020, c. 1289, Item 307 E, effective for the biennium ending June 30, 2022, this article is continued) Sunset
    • Article 18. Alzheimer's Disease
      • § 32.1-73.13
      Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; early detection and diagnosis; risk reduction and care planning
  • Chapter 3. Medical Care Services
    • Article 2. Maternal and Child Health Services and Crippled Children's Services
      • § 32.1-77.1
      State-certified doulas; certification
  • Chapter 4. Health Care Planning
    • Article 1.1. Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need
      • § 32.1-102.1
      Definitions
      § 32.1-102.1:2
      Certificate of public need required; registration of certain equipment and capital projects required
      § 32.1-102.1:3
      Medical care facilities and projects for which a certificate is required
      § 32.1-102.2
      Regulations
      § 32.1-102.2:1
      State Health Services Plan; Task Force
      § 32.1-102.3
      Demonstration of public need required; criteria for determining need
      § 32.1-102.4
      Conditions of certificates; monitoring; revocation of certificates; civil penalties
      § 32.1-102.6
      Administrative procedures
      § 32.1-102.6:1
      Revocation of a certificate
      § 32.1-102.8
      Enjoining project undertaken without certificate or registration
      § 32.1-102.10
      Commencing project without certificate or registration grounds for refusing to issue license
      § 32.1-102.11
      Application of article
    • Article 2.1. Statewide Emergency Medical Services System and Services
      • § 32.1-111.4
      Regulations; emergency medical services personnel and vehicles; response times; enforcement provisions; civil penalties
      § 32.1-111.4:7
      Establishment of an emergency medical services agency as a nongovernmental entity; dissolution
    • Article 3.1. Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Information System
      • § 32.1-116.1
      Prehospital patient care reporting procedure; trauma registry; confidentiality
      § 32.1-116.2
      Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; liability protections
      § 32.1-116.3
      Reporting of communicable diseases; definitions
  • Chapter 5. Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services
    • Article 1. Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection
      • § 32.1-127
      Regulations
    • Article 1.1. Certificate of Quality Assurance of Managed Care Health Insurance Plan Licensees
      • § 32.1-137.2
      (Effective until January 1, 2021) Certification of quality assurance; application; issuance; denial; renewal
      § 32.1-137.2
      (Effective January 1, 2021) Certification of quality assurance; application; issuance; denial; renewal
    • Article 1. Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection
      • § 32.1-137.07
      (Effective January 1, 2021) Violations of certain provisions; penalty
    • Article 7. Hospice Program Licensing
      • § 32.1-162.5:1
      Notice to dispenser of patient's death; disposition of dispensed drugs
      § 32.1-162.6:1
      Possession or administration of cannabis oil
  • Chapter 6. Environmental Health Services
    • Article 2. Public Water Supplies
      • § 32.1-169
      (Effective until January 1, 2022) Supervision by Board
      § 32.1-169
      (Effective January 1, 2022) Supervision by Board
    • Article 2.2. Wells Near Certain Coal Ash Ponds
      • § 32.1-176.8
      Definitions
      § 32.1-176.8:1
      Private well and public water supply well testing near coal ash ponds; monitoring
    • Article 7. Bedding and Upholstered Furniture
      • § 32.1-225
      Exemptions
    • Article 9. Toxic Substances Information
      • § 32.1-239
      Definitions
  • Chapter 7. Vital Records
    • Article 1. Definitions and Administrative Provisions
      • § 32.1-249
      Definitions
    • Article 2. Birth Certificates
      • § 32.1-257
      Filing birth certificates; from whom required; signatures of parents
      § 32.1-258.1
      Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; requirements
      § 32.1-261
      New certificate of birth established on proof of adoption, legitimation or determination of paternity, or change of sex
    • Article 4. Death Certificates and Out-of-State Transit Permits
      • § 32.1-263
      Filing death certificates; medical certification; investigation by Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
    • Article 5. Marriage Records and Divorce and Annulment Reports
      • § 32.1-267
      Records of marriages; duties of officer issuing marriage license and person officiating at ceremony; blocking of social security number
      § 32.1-268
      Reports of divorces and annulments
      § 32.1-268.1
      Compilation and posting of marriage, divorce, and annulment data
    • Article 6. Amendments to Vital Records
      • § 32.1-269
      Amending vital records; change of name; acknowledgment of paternity
    • Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions
      • § 32.1-271
      Disclosure of information in records; when unlawful; when permitted; proceeding to compel disclosure; when certain records made public
      § 32.1-273
      Fees for certified copies, searches of files, etc.; disposition
  • Chapter 7.2. Health Care Data Reporting
  • Chapter 8. Postmortem Examinations and Services
  • Chapter 10. Department of Medical Assistance Services
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 32.1-323.4
      Department to facilitate transition of persons between certain waiver programs
      § 32.1-325
      Board to submit plan for medical assistance services to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to federal law; administration of plan; contracts with health care providers
      § 32.1-330
      Long-term services and supports screening required
      § 32.1-330.01
      Reports related to long-term services and supports
      § 32.1-330.3
      Operation of a PACE plan; oversight by Department of Medical Assistance Services
  • Chapter 20. Disposition of Assets by Nonprofit Health Care Entities