Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Virginia Department of Health
 
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State Board of Health
 
chapter
Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities [12 VAC 5 ‑ 412]
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7/27/14  2:35 pm
Commenter: Bob McNeal

Treat all clinics as clinics/hospitals
 

From a legal perspective:

Virginia already defines all clincis as "hopitals" (see https://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+32.1-123)

"Hospital" means any facility licensed pursuant to this article in which the primary function is the provision of diagnosis, of treatment, and of medical and nursing services, surgical or nonsurgical, for two or more nonrelated individuals, including hospitals known by varying nomenclature or designation such as children's hospitals, sanatoriums, sanitariums and general, acute, rehabilitation, chronic disease, short-term, long-term, outpatient surgical, and inpatient or outpatient maternity hospitals.

This definition should encompass hospitals, urgent care facilities, cosmetic surgery facility, abortion facilities equally.  Therefore, they should all follow the same regulations.

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