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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 278 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. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1469855,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368581,"identifier":"54.1-3027","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3027","url":"\/54.1-3027\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3027\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3027","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3027","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This article shall not be construed to affect or apply to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The gratuitous care of friends or family members; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A person for hire who does not represent himself as or hold himself out to the public as a certified nurse aide<\/span>. However, a person for hire who is not a certified nurse aide<\/span> in accordance with this article shall not hold himself out as a certified nurse aide<\/span> or be employed as a certified nurse aide<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSIONS (\u00a7 54.1-3027)\n\nThis article shall not be construed to affect or apply to:\n\n1. The gratuitous care of friends or family members;\n\n2. A person for hire who does not represent himself as or hold himself out to\nthe public as a certified nurse aide. However, a person for hire who is not a\ncertified nurse aide in accordance with this article shall not hold himself out\nas a certified nurse aide or be employed as a certified nurse aide.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 278.","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"}}