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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 860<\/a> and 861<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81089,"section_number":"19.2-389","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Dissemination of criminal history record information","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-389\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60253,"section_number":"2.2-3705.5","catch_line":"Exclusions to application of chapter; health and social services records","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.5\/"},{"id":85574,"section_number":"22.1-289.036","catch_line":"Background check upon application for licensure, registration, or approval as child day center, family day home, or family day system; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-289.036\/"}],"permalink":{"id":182669,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60729,"identifier":"22.1-289.013","token":"22.1\/14.1\/3\/22.1-289.013","url":"\/22.1-289.013\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-289.013\/","token":"22.1\/14.1\/3\/22.1-289.013","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigation on receipt of application","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-289.013","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon receipt of the application, the Superintendent<\/span> shall cause an investigation to be made of the activities, services, and facilities of the applicant and of his character and reputation or, if the applicant is an association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the character and reputation of its officers and agents, and upon receipt of the initial application, an investigation of the applicant’s financial responsibility. The financial records of an applicant shall not be subject to inspection if the applicant submits an operating budget and at least one credit reference. The character and reputation investigation upon application shall include background checks pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-289.036<\/a>. Records that contain confidential proprietary information furnished to the Department<\/span> pursuant to this section shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to subdivision 4 of \u00a7 2.2-3705.5<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATION ON RECEIPT OF APPLICATION (\u00a7 22.1-289.013)\n\nUpon receipt of the application, the Superintendent shall cause an investigation\nto be made of the activities, services, and facilities of the applicant and of\nhis character and reputation or, if the applicant is an association,\npartnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the character and\nreputation of its officers and agents, and upon receipt of the initial\napplication, an investigation of the applicant’s financial responsibility.\nThe financial records of an applicant shall not be subject to inspection if the\napplicant submits an operating budget and at least one credit reference. The\ncharacter and reputation investigation upon application shall include background\nchecks pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-289.036. Records that contain confidential\nproprietary information furnished to the Department pursuant to this section\nshall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to subdivision 4 of \u00a7 2.2-3705.5.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 860, 861.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}