{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2987","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 54.1-2987","heading":"Transfer of patient by physician who refuses to comply with advance directive or health care decision","body":"An attending physician who refuses to comply with (i) a patient's advance directive or (ii) the health care decision of a patient's agent or (iii) the health care decision of an authorized person pursuant to § 54.1-2986 shall make a reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another physician and shall comply with § 54.1-2990.This section shall apply even if the attending physician determines the health care requested to be medically or ethically inappropriate.1983, c. 532, § 54-325.8:7; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 748, 772; 2000, cc. 590, 598; 2009, cc. 211, 268.","path":["Title 54.1. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","Subtitle III. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS REGULATED BY BOARDS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS","Chapter 29. MEDICINE AND OTHER HEALING ARTS","Article 8. HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/54.1-2987/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:24Z","sha256":"7f164752fb3ff29072b2a62b424317726ce868204e43267357b048af64a86c20","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2986.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2987.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}