32.1-135.2 - Offer or payment of remuneration in exchange for referral prohibited. - Virginia Statutes

§ 32.1-135.2. Offer or payment of remuneration in exchange for referralprohibited.

No hospital licensed pursuant to this chapter shall knowingly and willfullyoffer or pay any remuneration directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, toinduce any practitioner of the healing arts or any clinical psychologist torefer an individual or individuals to such hospital. The Board shall adoptregulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Suchregulations shall be developed in conjunction with the State Board ofBehavioral Health and Developmental Services and shall be consistent withregulations adopted by such Board pursuant to § 37.2-420. Such regulationsshall exclude from the definition of "remuneration" any payments, businessarrangements, or payment practices not prohibited by 42 U.S.C. § 1320a, asamended, or any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

(1990, c. 379; 1996, cc. 937, 980; 2009, cc. 813, 840.)