Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need

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This is Article 1.1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need.” It is part of Chapter 4 “Health Care Planning”, which is part of Title 32.1 “Health”. It contains 27 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 27 sections.

§ 32.1-102.1	Definitions
§ 32.1-102.10	Commencing project without certificate or registration grounds for refusing to issue license
§ 32.1-102.11	Application of article
§ 32.1-102.12	Repealed
§ 32.1-102.13	Repealed
§ 32.1-102.1:1	Equipment registration required
§ 32.1-102.1:2	Certificate of public need required; registration of certain equipment and capital projects required
§ 32.1-102.1:3	(Effective July 1, 2028) 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
§ 32.1-102.3:1	Application for certificate not required of certain nursing facilities or nursing homes
§ 32.1-102.3:1.1	Continuing care retirement communities accessing medical assistance
§ 32.1-102.3:2	Certificates of public need; applications to be filed in response to Requests for Applications (RFAs)
§ 32.1-102.3:2.1	Repealed
§ 32.1-102.3:2.2	Expired
§ 32.1-102.3:3	Repealed
§ 32.1-102.3:5	Repealed
§ 32.1-102.3:7	Application for transfer of nursing facility beds
§ 32.1-102.3:8	Application for an open admission period for a continuing care retirement community
§ 32.1-102.4	Conditions of certificates; monitoring; revocation of certificates; civil penalties
§ 32.1-102.5	Certificate not transferable
§ 32.1-102.6	Administrative procedures
§ 32.1-102.6:1	Revocation of a certificate
§ 32.1-102.7	Repealed
§ 32.1-102.8	Enjoining project undertaken without certificate or registration
§ 32.1-102.9	Designation of judge