CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2016) COVERED INSTITUTIONS; OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY;
PROJECTS (§ 23.1-1009)

A. Each covered institution may acquire, plan, design, construct, own, rent as
landlord or tenant, operate, control, remove, renovate, enlarge, equip, and
maintain, directly or through stock or nonstock corporations or other entities,
any project. Such project may be owned or operated by the institution, other
persons, or jointly by such institution and other persons and may be operated
within or outside the Commonwealth as long as (i) the operations of such project
are necessary or desirable to assist the institution in carrying out its public
purposes within the Commonwealth and (ii) any private benefit resulting to any
such other private persons from any such project is merely incidental to the
public benefit of such project.

B. Each covered institution may continue, adopt, and enforce policies for the
operation of any facility, including any veterinary facility, hospital, or other
health care and related facility owned or operated by the institution. Any such
policies pertaining to the operation of any veterinary facility, hospital, or
other health care or related facility may include the conditions of practicing
any health profession or veterinary medicine in the facility, the admission and
treatment of patients, the procedures for determining the qualification of
patients for indigent care or other programs, and the protection of patients and
employees, provided that such policies do not discriminate on the basis of race,
religion, color, sex, national origin, or any other factor prohibited by law.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 933, 945, § 23-38.100; 2016, c. 588.