Code of Virginia - Title 32.1 Health - Chapter 4 Health Care Planning

32.1-93 through 32.1-102
Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 388. ...
32.1-102.1 Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context indicates otherwise: "Certificate" means a certificate of public need for a project required by this article. "Clinical ...
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, gamma knife ...
32.1-102.2 Regulations
A. The Board shall promulgate regulations which are consistent with this article and: 1. Shall establish concise procedures for the prompt review of applications for ...
32.1-102.2:1 State Medical Facilities Plan; task force.
The Board shall appoint and convene a task force of no fewer than 15 individuals to meet at least once every two years. The task ...
32.1-102.3 Certificate required; criteria for determining need
A. No person shall commence any project without first obtaining a certificate issued by the Commissioner. No certificate may be issued unless the Commissioner has ...
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 ...
32.1-102.3:1.1 Continuing care retirement communities accessing medical assistance.
A. On or after July 1, 2010, a nursing facility in Planning District 8 in a continuing care retirement community registered with the State Corporation ...
32.1-102.3:2 Certificates of public need; applications for increases in nursing home bed supplies to be filed i...
A. Except for applications for continuing care retirement community nursing home bed projects filed by continuing care providers registered with the State Corporation Commission pursuant ...
32.1-102.3:2.1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 794. ...
32.1-102.3:2.2 Description unavailable
Expired. ...
32.1-102.3:3 , 32.1-102.3:4
Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 612. ...
32.1-102.3:5 Relocation of certain nursing home beds under limited circumstances
A. Notwithstanding (i) the provisions of §§ 32.1-102.3 and 32.1-102.3:2, (ii) any regulations of the Board of Health establishing standards for the approval and issuance ...
32.1-102.4 Conditions of certificates; monitoring; revocation of certificates
A. A certificate shall be issued with a schedule for the completion of the project and a maximum capital expenditure amount for the project. The ...
32.1-102.5 Certificate not transferable
No certificate issued for a project shall be transferable. (1982, c. 388.) ...
32.1-102.6 Administrative procedures
A. To obtain a certificate for a project, the applicant shall file a completed application for a certificate with the Department and the appropriate health ...
32.1-102.7 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 740. ...
32.1-102.8 Enjoining project undertaken without certificate
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 ...
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 ...
32.1-102.10 Commencing project without certificate grounds for refusing to issue license
Commencing any project without a certificate required by this article shall constitute grounds for refusing to issue a license for such project. (1982, c. 388.) ...
32.1-102.11 Application of article
A. On and after July 1, 1992, every project of an existing or proposed medical care facility, as defined in § 32.1-102.1, shall be subject ...
32.1-102.12 Report required
The Commissioner shall annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of Virginia's certificate of public need program. The report shall ...
32.1-102.13 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 5, cl. 1. ...
32.1-103 through 32.1-111
Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 424. ...
32.1-111.1 Definitions
As used in this article: "Advisory Board" means the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. "Agency" means any person engaged in the business, service or ...
32.1-111.2 Exemptions from provisions of this article
The following entities are exempted from the provisions of this article: 1. Emergency medical service agencies based outside the Commonwealth, except that any such agency ...
32.1-111.3 Statewide emergency medical care system
A. The Board of Health shall develop a comprehensive, coordinated, emergency medical care system in the Commonwealth and prepare a Statewide Emergency Medical Services Plan ...
32.1-111.4 Regulations; emergency medical services personnel and vehicles; response times; enforcement provisi...
A. The State Board of Health shall prescribe by regulation: 1. Requirements for record keeping, supplies, operating procedures and other agency operations; 2. Requirements for ...
32.1-111.5 Certification and recertification of emergency medical services personnel
A. The Board shall prescribe by regulation the qualifications required for certification of emergency medical care attendants, including those qualifications necessary for authorization to follow ...
32.1-111.6 Permits; agency; emergency medical services vehicles
A. No person shall operate, conduct, maintain or profess to be an agency without a valid permit issued by the Commissioner for such agency and ...
32.1-111.7 Inspections
Each agency and each emergency medical services vehicle for which a permit has been issued shall be inspected as often as the Commissioner deems necessary ...
32.1-111.8 Revocation and suspension of permits
Whenever an agency or an emergency medical services vehicle owned or operated by an agency is in violation of any provision of this article or ...
32.1-111.9 Applications for variances or exemptions
Prior to the submission to the Commissioner of Health by an agency, entity, or provider licensed or certified by the Office of Emergency Medical Services ...
32.1-111.10 State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board; purpose; membership; duties; reimbursement of expe...
A. There is hereby created in the executive branch the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board for the purpose of advising the State Board of ...
32.1-111.11 Regional emergency medical services councils
The Board shall designate regional emergency medical services councils which shall be authorized to receive and disburse public funds. Each council shall be charged with ...
32.1-111.12 Virginia Rescue Squads Assistance Fund; disbursements
A. For the purpose of providing financial assistance to rescue squads and other emergency medical services organizations in the Commonwealth, of providing the requisite training ...
32.1-111.12:01 Financial Assistance and Review Committee; appointment; terms; duties
A. For the purposes of administering the Virginia Rescue Squads Assistance Fund as provided in § 32.1-111.12, there is hereby established the Financial Assistance and ...
32.1-111.13 Annual financial reports
Effective on July 1, 1996, the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads shall submit an annual financial report on the use of its funds to ...
32.1-111.14 Powers of governing bodies of counties, cities and towns
A. Upon finding as fact, after notice and public hearing, that exercise of the powers enumerated below is necessary to assure the provision of adequate ...
32.1-111.14:1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 978, cl. 2, effective April 2, 2003. ...
32.1-111.15 Statewide poison control system established
From such funds as may be appropriated for this purpose and from such gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds as may be received, the ...
32.1-111.16 Director of Office of Emergency Medical Services annual performance evaluation
Effective on and after July 1, 1996, the Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, shall annually review and ...
32.1-112 through 32.1-116.01
Repealed by Acts 1996, c. 899. ...
32.1-116.1 Prehospital patient care reporting procedure; trauma registry; confidentiality
A. In order to collect data on the incidence, severity and cause of trauma, integrate the information available from other state agencies on trauma and ...
32.1-116.1:1 Disclosure of medical records
Any licensed physician, licensed health care provider, or licensed health care facility may disclose to an emergency medical services provider, emergency medical services physician, or ...
32.1-116.1:2 Description unavailable
Expired. ...
32.1-116.2 Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; liability protections
A. The Commissioner and all other persons to whom data is submitted shall keep patient information confidential. Mechanisms for protecting patient data shall be developed ...
32.1-116.3 Reporting of communicable diseases; definitions
A. For the purposes of this section: "Communicable disease of public health threat" means an illness of public health significance, as determined by the State ...
32.1-117 through 32.1-122
Repealed by Acts 1989, cc. 617, 633. ...
32.1-122.01 Definitions
As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning: "Board" means the State Board of Health. "Commissioner" means the State Health Commissioner. ...
32.1-122.02 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 83. ...
32.1-122.03 State Health Plan
A. The Board may develop, and revise as it deems necessary, the State Health Plan with the support of the Department and the assistance of ...
32.1-122.04 Responsibilities of the Department
The Department shall have the following responsibilities as directed by the Board: 1. To conduct the research for the health planning activities of the Commonwealth. ...
32.1-122.05 Regional health planning agencies; boards; duties and responsibilities
A. For the purpose of representing the interests of health planning regions and performing health planning activities at the regional level, there are hereby created ...
32.1-122.06 Funds for regional health planning
In the interest of maintaining a regional health planning mechanism in the Commonwealth, there is hereby established funding for regional health planning. From such moneys ...
32.1-122.07 Authority of Commissioner for certain health planning activities; rural health plan; designation a...
A. The Commissioner, with the approval of the Board, is authorized to make application for federal funding and to receive and expend such funds in ...
32.1-122.08 Continuation of regulations
Regulations promulgated by the Virginia Health Planning Board prior to July 1, 2002, concerning health planning and resources development shall remain in force and effect ...
32.1-122.1 through 32.1-122.4
Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 407. ...
32.1-122.5 Criteria to identify underserved areas
The Board of Health shall establish criteria to identify medically underserved areas within the Commonwealth. These criteria shall consist of quantifiable measures sensitive to the ...
32.1-122.5:1 Conditional grants for certain medical students
A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board of Health shall establish, in addition to the scholarships established pursuant to § ...
32.1-122.6 Conditional grants for certain medical students
A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board of Health shall establish annual medical scholarships for students who intend to enter ...
32.1-122.6:01 Board of Health to award certain scholarships and loan repayment funds
A. The Board of Health shall award to eligible part-time and full-time students the nursing scholarships available from the Nursing Scholarship and Loan Repayment Fund ...
32.1-122.6:02 Conditional grants for certain nurse practitioner students
A. The Board of Health shall establish annual nursing scholarships for students who intend to enter an accredited nurse practitioner or nurse midwife program in ...
32.1-122.6:03 Conditional grants for certain physician assistant students
A. The Board of Health shall establish annual physician assistant scholarships for students who intend to enter an accredited physician assistant program in designated schools. ...
32.1-122.6:04 Nurse Loan Repayment Program
A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board shall establish a tuition loan repayment program for persons licensed as practical nurses ...
32.1-122.6:1 Physician Loan Repayment Program
A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board of Health shall establish a physician loan repayment program for graduates of accredited ...
32.1-122.7 Statewide Area Health Education Centers Program
A. The Virginia Statewide Area Health Education Centers Program (AHEC) is a collaborative partnership conducted under the auspices of the Virginia Statewide AHEC Board of ...
32.1-122.8 Board's authority to receive and expend funds
The Board of Health is hereby authorized to apply for, receive, and expend federal and any other available funds for the enhancement of the primary ...
32.1-122.9 Conditional grants for certain dental students
A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board of Health shall establish annual dental scholarships for students in good standing at ...
32.1-122.9:1 Dentist Loan Repayment Program
A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board shall establish a dentist loan repayment program for graduates of accredited dental schools ...
32.1-122.10 Conditional grants for certain dental hygiene students
A. The Board of Health shall establish annual dental hygiene scholarships for students who intend to enter an accredited dental hygiene program in the Commonwealth. ...
32.1-122.10:001 Purpose; one or more localities may create authority; advertisement and notice of hearing
A. Communities lack the ability to coordinate, across jurisdictions, health partnership efforts between local governments and private providers of health care services, which leads to ...
32.1-122.10:002 Board of directors; expenses; officers; terms of office; quorum; annual report
A. All powers, rights and duties conferred by this article, or other provisions of law, upon an authority shall be exercised by a board of ...
32.1-122.10:003 Office of the authority
The board of each authority shall establish a principal office within one of the participating jurisdictions. The title to all property of every kind belonging ...
32.1-122.10:004 Powers of the authority
Any authority shall have the following powers: 1. Each authority is vested with the powers of a body corporate, including the power to sue and ...
32.1-122.10:005 Licensed agents; liability
No volunteer of any participating entity who is duly licensed to provide health care services shall be liable for any civil damages for any act ...
32.1-122.10:01 Description unavailable
Expired. ...
32.1-122.20 Recruitment and retention of health care providers
The Commissioner shall direct the Commonwealth's activities and programs for recruiting and retaining health care providers for underserved populations, underserved areas, and health professional shortage ...
32.1-122.21 Health Workforce Advisory Committee
The Commissioner shall establish a Health Workforce Advisory Committee to advise him on all aspects of the Department's health workforce duties and responsibilities identified in ...
32.1-122.22 Annual report of health workforce activities
The Commissioner shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the Department's activities in recruiting and retaining health care providers ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009