No assisted living facility, adult day care center or child welfare agency may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any person who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise cooperates with, the Department or any other agency of government or any person or entity operating under contract with an agency of government, having responsibility for protecting the rights of residents of assisted living facilities, participants in adult day care centers or children in child welfare agencies, (ii) attempts to assert any right protected by state or federal law, or (iii) assists any person in asserting such right.
1994, c. 941, § 63.1-177.1; 2002, c. 747.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)
Chapter 17 - Licensure and Registration Procedures
§ 63.2-1702. Investigation on receipt of application
§ 63.2-1705. Compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code
§ 63.2-1706. Inspections and interviews
§ 63.2-1706.1. Inspections of child welfare agencies; prioritization
§ 63.2-1707. Issuance or refusal of license; notification; provisional and conditional licenses
§ 63.2-1708. Records and reports
§ 63.2-1709.2. Enforcement and sanctions; special orders; civil penalties
§ 63.2-1709.3. Child-placing agencies; conscience clause
§ 63.2-1710. Appeal from refusal, denial of renewal, or revocation of license
§ 63.2-1711. Injunction against operation without license
§ 63.2-1712. Offenses; penalty
§ 63.2-1713. Misleading advertising prohibited
§ 63.2-1714. Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth
§ 63.2-1715. Exemptions from licensure
§ 63.2-1718. Inspection of unlicensed child or adult care operations; inspection warrant
§ 63.2-1719. Barrier crime; construction
§ 63.2-1723. Child welfare agencies; criminal conviction and waiver
§ 63.2-1726. Background check required; children's residential facilities
§ 63.2-1729. Confidentiality of complainant's identity
§ 63.2-1730. Retaliation or discrimination against complainants
§ 63.2-1731. Retaliation against reports of child or adult abuse or neglect
§ 63.2-1732. Regulations for assisted living facilities
§ 63.2-1733. Regulations for adult day care centers
§ 63.2-1734. Regulations for child welfare agencies
§ 63.2-1736. Interagency agreements; cooperation of Department with other departments
§ 63.2-1737. Licensure of group homes and residential facilities for children