Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-124 (2026)

Exemptions

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section VA-LISlaw.lis.virginia.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

The provisions of §§ 32.1-123 through 32.1-136 shall not be applicable to: (i) a dispensary or first-aid facility maintained by any commercial or industrial plant, educational institution or convent; (ii) an institution licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; (iii) an institution or portion thereof licensed by the State Board of Social Services; (iv) a hospital or nursing home owned or operated by an agency of the United States government; (v) an office of one or more physicians or surgeons unless such office is used principally for performing surgery; and (vi) a hospital or nursing home, as defined in § 32.1-123, owned or operated by an agency of the Commonwealth unless such hospital or nursing home or portion thereof is certified as a nursing facility pursuant to § 32.1-137.

Code 1950, § 32-298; 1964, c. 54; 1973, c. 477; 1979, c. 711; 1989, c. 618; 2009, cc. 813, 840.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1983–2024 · leading case: Simopoulos v. Virginia, 462 U.S. 506 (1983).
Simopoulos v. Virginia, 462 U.S. 506 (1983). · cites it 2× “Va. Code § 32.1-124(5) (1979). "Surgery" is not defined.”
United States v. Marc J. Blatstein, United States of Am. v. Marc J. Blatstein, 482 F.3d 725 (4th Cir. 2007). “Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-124 (2004). Blatstein maintains that Agent Howard was aware of this statutory provision, and that if Howard had included it in the affidavit, the affidavit would not have properly supported the issuance of the search warrants.”
Hartman v. Centra Health, Inc. (W.D. Va. 2021). · cites it 5× “Virginia Code § 32.1-124 exempts, among other entities, “(ii) an institution licensed by the [Virginia] Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services”4 from several provisions, including § 32.”
Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sean Holmes, s/k/a Sean Jefferson Holmes (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “In general, all inpatient hospitals and outpatient surgical hospitals operating in the Commonwealth, both public and private, are required to obtain a license to - 22 - provide health care services unless specifically exempted by Code § 32.1-124. See Code §§ 32.1-123 to 32.”
United States v. Blatstein (4th Cir. 2007). “Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-124 (2004). Blatstein maintains that Agent Howard was aware of this stat- 8 UNITED STATES v.”
— Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-124(5) — 1 case
Simopoulos v. Virginia, 462 U.S. 506 (1983). “Va. Code § 32.1-124(5) (1979). "Surgery" is not defined.”
— Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-124(iv) — 1 case
Hartman v. Centra Health, Inc. (W.D. Va. 2021). “Virginia Code § 32.1-124 exempts, among other entities, “(ii) an institution licensed by the [Virginia] Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services”4 from several provisions, including § 32.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.