Whenever the Department conducts inspections and investigations in response to complaints received from the public, the identity of the complainant and the identity of any child who is the subject of the complaint, or identified therein, shall be confidential and shall not be open to inspection by members of the public. Identities of the complainant and child who is the subject of the complaint shall be revealed only if a court order so requires. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Department, in its discretion, from disclosing to the child day program or family day system the nature of the complaint or the identity of the child who is the subject of the complaint. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Department or its employees from making reports under Chapter 15 (§ 63.2-1500 et seq.) of Title 63.2. If the Department intends to rely, in whole or in part, on any statements made by the complainant at any administrative hearing brought against child day program or family day system, the Department shall disclose the identity of the complainant to the child day program or family day system a reasonable time in advance of such hearing.
2020, cc. 860, 861.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 14.1 - Early Childhood Care and Education
§ 22.1-289.03. Early childhood care and education system; establishment
§ 22.1-289.04. Early childhood care and education advisory committee
§ 22.1-289.05. Uniform measurement and improvement system; regional entities; establishment
§ 22.1-289.06. Confidential records and information; penalty
§ 22.1-289.07. Information related to shaken baby syndrome
§ 22.1-289.08. Board to investigate child day programs at direction of Governor
§ 22.1-289.08:1. Child Care Subsidy Program Overpayment Fund
§ 22.1-289.09. Programs designed to promote educational opportunities
§ 22.1-289.013. Investigation on receipt of application
§ 22.1-289.016. Unlicensed and unregistered family day homes; notice to parents
§ 22.1-289.017. Compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code
§ 22.1-289.018. Inspections and interviews
§ 22.1-289.019. Inspections of child day programs and family day systems; prioritization
§ 22.1-289.020. Issuance or refusal of license; notification; provisional and conditional licenses
§ 22.1-289.021. Records and reports
§ 22.1-289.023. Enforcement and sanctions; special orders; civil penalties
§ 22.1-289.026. Injunction against operation without license
§ 22.1-289.027. Offenses; penalty
§ 22.1-289.028. Misleading advertising prohibited
§ 22.1-289.029. Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth
§ 22.1-289.030. Exemptions from licensure
§ 22.1-289.033. Inspection of unlicensed child care operations; inspection warrant
§ 22.1-289.034. Barrier crime; construction
§ 22.1-289.038. Child day programs and family day systems; criminal conviction and waiver
§ 22.1-289.039. Records check by unlicensed child day center; penalty
§ 22.1-289.043. Confidentiality of complainant's identity
§ 22.1-289.044. Retaliation or discrimination against complainants
§ 22.1-289.045. Retaliation against reports of child abuse or neglect
§ 22.1-289.046. Regulations for child day programs and family day systems
§ 22.1-289.047. Interagency agreements; cooperation of Department with other departments
§ 22.1-289.050. Insurance notice requirements for family day homes; civil penalty
§ 22.1-289.051. Dual licenses for certain child day centers
§ 22.1-289.052. Asbestos inspection required for child day centers
§ 22.1-289.053. Delay in acting on application or in notification
§ 22.1-289.054. Visitation by parents or guardians in child day programs
§ 22.1-289.055. Public funds to be withheld for serious or persistent violations
§ 22.1-289.055:1. Programs offered at certain residential private school
§ 22.1-289.056. Storage of firearms in certain family day homes
§ 22.1-289.057. Child day programs and certain other programs; potable water; lead testing
§ 22.1-289.058. Child day programs and certain other programs; carbon monoxide detectors