                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INSPECTION OF HOSPITALS BY STATE AGENCIES GENERALLY (§ 32.1-125.1)

As used in this section unless the context requires a different meaning,
&#8220;hospital&#8221; means a hospital as defined in § 32.1-123 or 37.2-100.

State agencies shall make or cause to be made only such inspections of hospitals
as are necessary to carry out the various obligations imposed on each agency by
applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Any on-site inspection by a
state agency or a division or unit thereof that substantially complies with the
inspection requirements of any other state agency or any other division or unit
of the inspecting agency charged with making similar inspections shall be
accepted as an equivalent inspection in lieu of an on-site inspection by said
agency or by a division or unit of the inspecting agency. A state agency shall
coordinate its hospital inspections both internally and with those required by
other state agencies so as to ensure that the requirements of this section are
met. No hospital shall receive additional inspections until all other licensed
hospitals in the Commonwealth have also been inspected, unless the additional
inspections are (i) necessary to follow up on a preoperational inspection or one
or more violations, (ii) required by a uniformly applied risk-based schedule
established by the Department, (iii) necessary to investigate a complaint
regarding the hospital, or (iv) otherwise deemed necessary by the Commissioner
or his designee to protect the health and safety of the public.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all hospitals licensed by
the Department of Health or Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Services that have been certified under the provisions of Title XVIII of the
Social Security Act for hospital or psychiatric services or that have obtained
accreditation from a national accrediting organization granted authority by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure compliance with Medicare
conditions of participation pursuant to § 1865 of Title XVIII of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395bb) may be subject to inspections so long as such
certification or accreditation is maintained but only to the extent necessary to
ensure the public health and safety.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-300.1; 1979, c. 220; 1989, c. 618; 2009, cc. 813, 840;
2014, c. 320; 2017, c. 465.