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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>359053</law_id><section_number>32.1-137.02</section_number><catch_line>Hospital discharge procedures</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="75" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Before a <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> discharges a patient, it shall, to the extent allowed pursuant to state and federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>, inform and educate the patient, and his family when it is involved in decision making or ongoing care, about his follow-up care, treatment, and services.</p></section></text><history>2012, cc. 180, 813.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
