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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1385889,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348678,"identifier":"15.2-5321","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5321","url":"\/15.2-5321\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5321\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5321","dublin_core":{"Title":"Chapter controlling","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5321","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. 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Nothing\nin this chapter shall prevent any city from establishing, equipping, and\noperating a hospital or hospitals or improving or extending existing hospitals\nand hospital facilities under the provisions of its charter or any general law\nother than this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-235; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1554; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}