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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368508</law_id><section_number>54.1-2978</section_number><catch_line>Reports of certain sterilizations</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="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="29">Medicine and Other Healing Arts</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="7" identifier="7">Sexual Sterilization</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall report to the State Registrar of Vital Records the authorization of all sterilizations made in accordance with this article.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 454, &#xA7; 54-325.13; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
