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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1385939,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348691,"identifier":"15.2-5333","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/2\/15.2-5333","url":"\/15.2-5333\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5333\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/2\/15.2-5333","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rules as to patients","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5333","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> shall have power to make rules governing the admission of patients to, and the care, conduct, and treatment of patients in, any hospital operated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>; to determine whether patients presented to the hospital for treatment are subjects for charity, to fix the compensation to be paid by patients other than those unable to assist themselves; and to maintain and operate isolation wards for the care and treatment of mental, contagious or other similar diseases.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRULES AS TO PATIENTS (\u00a7 15.2-5333)\n\nAn authority shall have power to make rules governing the admission of patients\nto, and the care, conduct, and treatment of patients in, any hospital operated\nby the authority; to determine whether patients presented to the hospital for\ntreatment are subjects for charity, to fix the compensation to be paid by\npatients other than those unable to assist themselves; and to maintain and\noperate isolation wards for the care and treatment of mental, contagious or\nother similar diseases.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-246; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1567; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}