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The consumer shall be advised to seek professional medical consultation and, if recommended, another test for validation of such test results.\n\nAny person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1307537,"text":"No commercial medical testing kit designed for consumer home use shall be sold in this Commonwealth unless a warning is provided to the consumer to the effect that such tests may produce erroneous results and that medical testing is more accurate when performed by professionals within the controlled conditions of a laboratory. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 142 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1391631,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351076,"identifier":"18.2-502.2","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-502.2","url":"\/18.2-502.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-502.2\/","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-502.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Warning required for certain medical tests; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-502.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No commercial medical testing kit designed for consumer home use shall be sold in this Commonwealth unless a warning is provided to the consumer to the effect that such tests may produce erroneous results and that medical testing is more accurate when performed by professionals within the controlled conditions of a laboratory. The consumer shall be advised to seek professional medical consultation and, if recommended, another test for validation of such test results.<\/p><p>Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWARNING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL TESTS; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-502.2)\n\nNo commercial medical testing kit designed for consumer home use shall be sold\nin this Commonwealth unless a warning is provided to the consumer to the effect\nthat such tests may produce erroneous results and that medical testing is more\naccurate when performed by professionals within the controlled conditions of a\nlaboratory. The consumer shall be advised to seek professional medical\nconsultation and, if recommended, another test for validation of such test\nresults.\n\nAny person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a\nClass 4 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 142.","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"}}