The admission of any person to a facility shall not, of itself, create a presumption of legal incapacity.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 37.2-825

  • Facility: means a state or licensed hospital, training center, psychiatric hospital, or other type of residential or outpatient mental health or developmental services facility. See Virginia Code 37.2-100
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230

1968, c. 477, § 37.1-87; 1997, c. 801; 2005, c. 716.