Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 32.1 > Chapter 13.1 - Certified Nursing Facility Education Initiative

• Board: means the Board of Medical Assistance Services. See Virginia Code 32.1-353.2
• Certified nursing facility: means any skilled nursing facility, skilled care facility, intermediate care facility, nursing or nursing care facility, or nursing home, whether freestanding or a portion of a freestanding medical care facility, that is certified for participation as a Medicare or Medicaid provider, or both, pursuant to Title XVIII and Title XIX of the United States Social Security Act, as amended, and § Virginia Code 32.1-353.2
• Department: means the State Department of Health. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
• Department: means the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Virginia Code 10.1-1182
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services. See Virginia Code 32.1-353.2
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality. See Virginia Code 10.1-1182
• Environment: means the natural, scenic, and historic attributes of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 10.1-1182
• Medical care facility: means any institution, place, building, or agency, whether or not licensed or required to be licensed by the Board or the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, whether operated for profit or nonprofit, and whether privately owned or privately operated or owned or operated by a local governmental unit, (i) by or in which health services are furnished, conducted, operated, or offered for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition, whether medical or surgical, of two or more nonrelated persons who are injured or physically sick or have mental illness, or for the care of two or more nonrelated persons requiring or receiving medical, surgical, nursing, acute, chronic, convalescent, or long-term care services, or services for individuals with disabilities, or (ii) which is the recipient of reimbursements from third-party health insurance programs or prepaid medical service plans. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
• United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255