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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 (\u00a7 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.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":277880,"text":"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 (\u00a7 63.2-1500 et seq.) of Title 63.2. 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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","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55048,"section_number":"63.2-1500","catch_line":"Repealed","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":182795,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77471,"identifier":"22.1-289.043","token":"22.1\/14.1\/6\/22.1-289.043","url":"\/22.1-289.043\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-289.043\/","token":"22.1\/14.1\/6\/22.1-289.043","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confidentiality of complainant’s identity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-289.043","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the Department<\/span> 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<\/span> so requires. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Department<\/span>, in its discretion, from disclosing to the child day program<\/span> or family day system<\/span> 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<\/span> or its employees from making reports under Chapter 15 (\u00a7 63.2-1500<\/a> et seq.) of Title 63.2. If the Department<\/span> intends to rely, in whole or in part, on any statements made by the complainant at any administrative hearing<\/span> brought against child day program<\/span> or family day system<\/span>, the Department<\/span> shall disclose the identity of the complainant to the child day program<\/span> or family day system<\/span> a reasonable time in advance of such hearing<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIDENTIALITY OF COMPLAINANT’S IDENTITY (\u00a7 22.1-289.043)\n\nWhenever the Department conducts inspections and investigations in response to\ncomplaints received from the public, the identity of the complainant and the\nidentity of any child who is the subject of the complaint, or identified\ntherein, shall be confidential and shall not be open to inspection by members of\nthe public. Identities of the complainant and child who is the subject of the\ncomplaint shall be revealed only if a court order so requires. Nothing contained\nherein shall prevent the Department, in its discretion, from disclosing to the\nchild day program or family day system the nature of the complaint or the\nidentity of the child who is the subject of the complaint. Nothing contained\nherein shall prevent the Department or its employees from making reports under\nChapter 15 (\u00a7 63.2-1500 et seq.) of Title 63.2. If the Department intends to\nrely, in whole or in part, on any statements made by the complainant at any\nadministrative hearing brought against child day program or family day system,\nthe Department shall disclose the identity of the complainant to the child day\nprogram or family day system a reasonable time in advance of such hearing.\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}}