CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-3442.1)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different
meaning:”Investigational drug, biological product, or device” means
a drug, biological product, or device that has successfully completed Phase I of
a clinical trial but has not been approved for general use by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration and remains under investigation in a clinical
trial.”Terminal condition” means a condition caused by injury,
disease, or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical probability, a
patient cannot recover and (i) the patient’s death is imminent or (ii) the
patient is in a persistent vegetative state.”Treating physician”
means a physician who is providing or has previously provided medical treatment
or evaluation to and has or previously had an ongoing treatment relationship
with the person.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 655, 656.