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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 444<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 293<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1428753,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359558,"identifier":"32.1-35.1","token":"32.1\/2\/1\/32.1-35.1","url":"\/32.1-35.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-35.1\/","token":"32.1\/2\/1\/32.1-35.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Information on health care-associated infections","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-35.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Health care facilities that are required to report information about health care-associated infections to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) pursuant to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reporting requirements shall release such data to the Board<\/span> through the NHSN.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINFORMATION ON HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS (\u00a7 32.1-35.1)\n\nHealth care facilities that are required to report information about health\ncare-associated infections to the Centers for Disease Control and\nPrevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) pursuant to the\nCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services reporting requirements shall release\nsuch data to the Board through the NHSN.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 444; 2019, c. 293.","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"}}