Health

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This is Title 32.1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Health.” It contains 857 laws divided across 128 structures.

Chapter 1	Administration Generally
Chapter 2	Disease Prevention and Control
Chapter 3	Medical Care Services
Chapter 4	Health Care Planning
Chapter 5	Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services
Chapter 5.1	Human Research
Chapter 5.2	Human Cloning
Chapter 5.4	Animal Research
Chapter 5.3	Commonwealth Health Research Board and Fund; Christopher Reeve Stem Cell Research Fund
Chapter 6	Environmental Health Services
Chapter 7	Vital Records
Chapter 7.1	Health Statistics
Chapter 8	Postmortem Examinations and Services
Chapter 7.2	Health Care Data Reporting
Chapter 8.1	Disposition of Dead Human Bodies
Chapter 10	Department of Medical Assistance Services
Chapter 9	Regulation of Medical Assistance
Chapter 11	Virginia Indigent Health Care Trust Fund [Repealed]
Chapter 12	State/Local Hospitalization Program
Chapter 13	Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan
Chapter 19	Smartchart Network Program
Chapter 13.1	Certified Nursing Facility Education Initiative
Chapter 20	Disposition of Assets by Nonprofit Health Care Entities
Chapter 14	Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
Chapter 15	Virginia Health Care Fund
Chapter 16	Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund
Chapter 17	Breastfeeding
Chapter 18	Recognition of Ems Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact