CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEPARATE STATE FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS; FREE-STANDING STATE
FACILITIES AUTHORIZED (§ 37.2-702)

The Department shall establish and operate a separate geriatric unit within each
state facility that serves significant numbers of elderly individuals. Each unit
shall provide care and treatment for those individuals and shall be separated in
a reasonable manner from the rest of the state facility.The Board may, giving
full consideration to the needs and resources available, authorize the
establishment of free-standing state facilities for elderly individuals
receiving services.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 402, § 37.1-24.2; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476,
507.