Section 54.1-2995 - Filing of documents with the registry; regulations; feesA. A person may submit any of the following documents and the revocations of these documents to the Department of Health for filing in the Advance Health Care Planning Registry established pursuant to this article:1. A health care power of attorney.2. An advance directive created pursuant to Article 8 (§ 54.1-2981 et seq.) or a subsequent act of the General Assembly.3. A declaration of an anatomical gift made pursuant to the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq.).4. Any other document that supports advance health care planning, including Durable Do Not Resuscitate Order or portable medical order forms.B. The document may be submitted for filing only by the person who executed the document or his legal representative or designee and shall be accompanied by any fee required by the Department of Health.C. All data and information contained in the registry shall remain confidential and shall be exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).D. The Board of Health shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this article, which shall include, but not be limited to (i) a determination of who may access the registry, including physicians, other licensed health care providers, the declarant, and his legal representative or designee; (ii) a means of annually reminding registry users of which documents they have registered; and (iii) fees for filing a document with the registry. Such fees shall not exceed the direct costs associated with development and maintenance of the registry and with the education of the public about the availability of the registry, and shall be exempt from statewide indirect costs charged and collected by the Department of Accounts. No fee shall be charged for the filing of a document revoking any document previously filed with the registry. 2008, cc. 301, 696; 2010, c. 16; 2014, c. 715.Amended by Acts 2024 c. 274,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by Acts 2024 c. 231,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by Acts 2014 c. 715, § 1, eff. 7/1/2014.