Va. Code § 54.1-3442.1

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 54.1-3442.1 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Investigational drug, biological product, or device" means a drug, biological product, or device that has successfully completed Phase I of a clinical trial but has not been approved for general use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and remains under investigation in a clinical trial.

"Terminal condition" means a condition caused by injury, disease, or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical probability, a patient cannot recover and (i) the patient's death is imminent or (ii) the patient is in a persistent vegetative state.

"Treating physician" means a physician who is providing or has previously provided medical treatment or evaluation to and has or previously had an ongoing treatment relationship with the person.

Va. Code § 54.1-3442.1

2015, cc. 655, 656.
Added by Acts 2015 c. 656, § 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Added by Acts 2015 c. 655, § 1, eff. 7/1/2015.