15.2-5201 - Definitions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-5201. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

"Bond" includes any interest-bearing obligation, including promissory notes.

"Hospital or health center" means any and all medical facilities andapproaches thereto and appurtenances thereof. Medical facilities shallinclude any and all facilities suitable for providing hospital and medicalcare, including any and all structures, buildings, improvements, additions,extensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in lands, franchises,machinery, equipment, furnishing, landscaping, approaches, roadways and otherfacilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith or incidentalthereto (including, without limitation, hospitals, nursing homes, assistedliving facilities, continuing care facilities, self-care facilities, medicaloffice facilities, clinics, out-patient surgical centers, alcohol, substanceabuse and drug treatment centers, laboratories, research facilities,sanitariums, hospices, facilities for the residence or care of the elderly,the handicapped or the chronically ill, residential facilities for nurses,interns, and physicians and any other kind of facility for the diagnosis,treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, or palliation of any human illness,injury, disorder, or disability), together with all related and supportingfacilities and equipment necessary and desirable in connection therewith orincidental thereto, or equipment alone, including, without limitation,kitchen, laundry, laboratory, pharmaceutical, administrative, communications,computer and recreational facilities and equipment, storage space, mobilemedical facilities, vehicles and other equipment necessary or desirable forthe transportation of medical equipment or the transportation of patients.

(Code 1950, § 32-276.1; 1975, c. 295, § 15.1-1515; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c.587; 2000, c. 468; 2006, c. 658.)