{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-56","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 32.1-56","heading":"Information to be provided patients","body":"It shall be the duty of every physician or other person who examines or treats a person having a venereal disease to provide such person with information about the disease, including, as a minimum, the nature of the disease, methods of treatment, measures used in preventing the spread of such disease, and the necessity of tests to ensure that a cure has been accomplished.Code 1950, § 32-92; 1979, c. 711.","path":["Title 32.1. HEALTH","Chapter 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL","Article 5. VENEREAL DISEASES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/32.1-56/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:34Z","sha256":"cab86109db36ead6fd9446a32807bf6a3d68d4fbc32ba7b56692e86707543436","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-55.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-57"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}