2014 Virginia Code
Title 32.1 - Health
§ 32.1-137.02. Hospital discharge procedures


VA Code § 32.1-137.02 (2014) What's This?

Before a hospital discharges a patient, it shall, to the extent allowed pursuant to state and federal law, 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.

2012, cc. 180, 813.

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