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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358987</law_id><section_number>32.1-122.5</section_number><catch_line>Criteria to identify underserved areas</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-122.10</reference><reference>32.1-122.20</reference><reference>32.1-122.6</reference><reference>32.1-122.6:02</reference><reference>32.1-122.6:03</reference><reference>32.1-122.6:1</reference><reference>32.1-122.9</reference><reference>32.1-122.9:1</reference><reference>54.1-2933.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="75" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Health Care Planning</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="11" identifier="6">Primary Health Care System</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Health shall establish criteria to identify medically underserved areas within the Commonwealth. These criteria shall consist of quantifiable measures sensitive to the unique characteristics of urban and rural <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> which may include the incidence of infant mortality, the availability of primary care resources, poverty levels, and other measures indicating the inadequacy of the primary health care system as determined by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall also include in these criteria the need for medical care services in the state facilities operated by the <span class="dictionary">Departments</span> of Corrections, Juvenile Justice, and Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.</p></section></text><history>1990, cc. 874, 877; 2009, cc. 813, 840.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY v. Stroube</name><case_number>2669044</case_number><citation>623 S.E.2d 444</citation><date>2005-12-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063323/health-systems-agency-v-stroube/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 623 S.E.2d 444 (2005) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Health Systems Agency of Northern Virginia, Inc. v. Stroube</name><case_number>Record No. 2669-04-4</case_number><citation>47 Va. App. 299</citation><date>2005-12-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6934254/health-systems-agency-of-northern-virginia-inc-v-stroube/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. BENTON, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Doctors' Hospital of Williamsburg, LLC v. Stroube</name><case_number>1798071</case_number><citation>665 S.E.2d 862</citation><date>2008-09-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062668/doctors-hospital-of-williamsburg-llc-v-stroube/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 665 S.E.2d 862 (2008) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Reston Hospital Center, LLC v. Karen Remley, M.D., M.B.A., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>2301124</case_number><citation>63 Va. App. 755</citation><date>2014-09-30</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2738354/reston-hospital-center-llc-v-karen-remley-md-mba-faap-etc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. D. ARTHUR KELSEY, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
