Va. Code § 38.2-4924: Sale or transfer of ownership or change in management

A. No provider and no person or entity owning a provider shall sell or transfer, directly or indirectly, more than 50 percent of the ownership of the provider or of a continuing care facility or community-based continuing care without giving the Commission written notice of the intended sale or transfer at least 30 days prior to the consummation of the sale or transfer. A series of sales or transfers to one person or entity, or one or more entities controlled by one person or entity, consummated within a six-month period that constitute, in the aggregate, a sale or transfer of more than 50 percent of the ownership of a provider or of a continuing care facility or community-based continuing care shall be subject to the foregoing notice provisions.B. A provider of community-based continuing care or of a continuing care facility that shall change its chief executive officer, or its management firm if managed under a contract with a third party, shall promptly notify the Commission and the residents or participants of each such change.2012, cc. 208, 303.