CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAMILY PLANNING INFORMATION IN HOSPITALS PROVIDING MATERNITY CARE (§ 32.1-134)

Every hospital providing maternity care shall, prior to releasing each maternity
patient, make available to such patient family planning information and a list
of family planning clinics located in the Commonwealth, unless medically
contraindicated; provided, however, that any such hospital operated under the
auspices of a religious institution objecting to distributing lists of family
planning clinics on religious grounds shall not be required to distribute them.
Such information and lists may include, but need not be limited to, such
information and lists as shall be furnished by the Department.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-154; 1960, c. 248; 1977, c. 680; 1978, c. 162; 1979,
c. 711.