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1994 SESSION

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CHAPTER 686 An Act to amend and reenact § 63.1-175 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licensure of adult care residences. [S 264] Approved April 10, 1994

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 63.1-175 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 63.1-175. Licenses required; expiration and renewal; maximum number of residents; restrictions on nomenclature.

A. Every person who constitutes, or who operates or maintains, an adult care residence shall obtain the appropriate license from the Commissioner, which may be renewed. The Commissioner or his designated agents, upon request, shall consult with, advise, and assist any person interested in securing and maintaining any such license.

B. The licenses shall be issued on forms prescribed by the Commissioner. Any two or more licenses may be issued for concurrent operation of more than one adult care residence. Each license and renewals thereof may be issued for periods of up to three successive years, unless sooner revoked or surrendered.

C. Each license shall indicate whether the residence is licensed to provide residential living or residential living and assisted living and shall stipulate the maximum number of persons who may be cared for in the adult care residence for which it is issued.

D. Any facility licensed exclusively as an adult care residence shall not use in its title the words "convalescent," "health," "hospital," "nursing," "sanitorium," or "sanitarium," nor shall such words be used to describe the facility in brochures, advertising, or other marketing material. No facility shall advertise or market a level of care which it is not licensed to provide. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the facility from describing services available in the facility.