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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 301<\/a> and 696<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2024, chapters 231<\/a> and 274<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":359596,"section_number":"32.1-372","catch_line":"Smartchart Network Program established; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-372\/"},{"id":368516,"section_number":"54.1-2983","catch_line":"Procedure for making advance directive; notice to physician","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2983\/"},{"id":368519,"section_number":"54.1-2985","catch_line":"Revocation of an advance directive","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2985\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1469677,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368534,"identifier":"54.1-2994","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/9\/54.1-2994","url":"\/54.1-2994\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2994\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/9\/54.1-2994","dublin_core":{"Title":"Advance Health Care Planning Registry","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2994","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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