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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0727\">727<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":372741,"section_number":"59.1-196","catch_line":"Title","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-196\/"},{"id":372746,"section_number":"59.1-200","catch_line":"Prohibited practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1488457,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373122,"identifier":"59.1-434.8","token":"59.1\/33.1\/59.1-434.8","url":"\/59.1-434.8\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-434.8\/","token":"59.1\/33.1\/59.1-434.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violations of chapter; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-434.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> that knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1391870\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-434.8\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a prohibited practice pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Prohibited practices\" href=\"\/59.1-200\/\">59.1-200<\/a> and shall be subject to any and all of the enforcement provisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Title\" href=\"\/59.1-196\/\">59.1-196<\/a> et seq.). <a id=\"paragraph-1391871\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-434.8\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER; PENALTY (\u00a7 59.1-434.8)\n\nA. Any provider that knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this\nchapter is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nB. Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a prohibited\npractice pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; 59.1-200 and shall be subject to\nany and all of the enforcement provisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection\nAct (&#xA7; 59.1-196 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 727.","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"}}