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2016 SESSION
16101464DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 37.2-406 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 37.2-406. Conditions for initial licensure of certain providers.
A. Notwithstanding the Commissioner's discretion to grant
licenses pursuant to this article or any Board regulation regarding licensing,
no initial license shall be granted by the Commissioner to a provider of
treatment for persons with opiate addiction through the use of methadone or other opioid replacements,
if the provider is to be located within one-half mile of a public or private
licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school, except when such
service is provided by a hospital licensed by the Board of Health or the
Commissioner or is owned or operated by an agency of the Commonwealth.
B. No provider shall be required to conduct, maintain, or
operate services for the treatment of persons with opiate addiction through the
use of methadone or other opioid
replacements on Sunday except when such service is provided
by a hospital licensed by the Board of Health or the Commissioner or is owned
or operated by an agency of the Commonwealth, subject to regulations or
guidelines issued by the Department consistent with the health, safety and
welfare of individuals receiving services and the security of take-home doses
of methadone or other opiate
replacements.
C. Upon receiving notice of a proposal for or an application
to obtain an initial license from a provider of treatment for persons with
opiate addiction through the use of methadone
or other opioid replacements, the Commissioner shall,
within 15 days of the receipt, notify the local governing body of and the
community services board serving the jurisdiction in which the facility is to
be located of the proposal or application and the facility's proposed location.
Within 30 days of the date of the notice, the local governing body and community services board shall submit to the Commissioner comments on the proposal or application. The local governing body shall notify the Commissioner within 30 days of the date of the notice concerning the compliance of the applicant with this section and any applicable local ordinances.
D. No license shall be issued by the Commissioner to the provider until the conditions of this section have been met, i.e., local governing body and community services board comments have been received and the local governing body has determined compliance with the provisions of this section and any relevant local ordinances.
E. No applicant for a license to provide treatment for persons
with opiate addiction through the use of methadone
or other opioid replacements that has obtained a
certificate of occupancy in accordance with the law and regulations in effect
on January 1, 2004, shall be required to comply with the provisions of this section
with respect to the existing facility for which the certificate of occupancy
was obtained. No existing licensed provider shall be required to comply with
the provisions of this section with respect to an existing facility in which it
is currently providing such treatment. License applicants and licensees who
fall within this exception shall, however, be required to comply with the
provisions of this section for purposes of relocating an existing facility or
establishing a new facility.
F. The provisions of subsection A and subsection E shall not apply to the jurisdictions in Planning District 8 or to an applicant for a license for the purpose of relocating within a city located in Planning District 23 a facility to provide treatment for persons with opiate addiction through the use of methadone or other opioid replacements that has been providing such treatment in the same city since 1984 and is operated by and located with a community services board.