A. Except as provided in § 38.2-4912, no provider shall engage in the business of providing or offering to provide continuing care at a facility in this Commonwealth unless the provider has registered with the Commission with respect to such facility.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-4901

  • Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Continuing care: means providing or committing to provide board, lodging and nursing services to an individual, other than an individual related by blood or marriage, (i) pursuant to an agreement effective for the life of the individual or for a period in excess of one year, including mutually terminable contracts, and (ii) in consideration of the payment of an entrance fee. See Virginia Code 38.2-4900
  • Facility: means the place or places in which a person undertakes to provide continuing care to an individual. See Virginia Code 38.2-4900
  • in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Chapter 42. See Virginia Code 1-257
  • Provider: means any person, corporation, partnership or other entity that provides or offers to provide continuing care to any individual in an existing or proposed facility in this Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 38.2-4900

B. A registration statement shall be filed with the Commission by the provider on forms prescribed by the Commission and shall include:

1. All information required by the Commission pursuant to its enforcement of this chapter; and

2. The initial disclosure statement required by § 38.2-4902.

C. Registration shall be approved or disapproved in writing by the Commission within ninety days of the filing.

1985, c. 554, § 38.1-956; 1986, c. 562.

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