License required; exception; license not transferable; operation of existing services; persons not to be admitted, etc., to unlicensed providers

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Virginia Code › Title 37.2 › Subtitle I › Chapter 4 › Article 2 › Section 37.2-405

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A. No provider shall establish, conduct, maintain, or operate or continue to operate in the Commonwealth any service, without being licensed under this article, except where the provider is exempt from licensing.

B. No license issued under this article shall be assignable or transferable.

C. No person shall be admitted, placed, treated, maintained, housed, or otherwise kept, voluntarily or involuntarily, by any provider required to be licensed by subsection A, unless and until the provider is licensed by the Commissioner.

1971, Ex. Sess., c. 181, § 37.1-183.1; 1976, c. 671; 1977, c. 346; 1980, c. 582; 2001, cc. 486 , 506 ; 2005, c. 716 .

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