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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0941\">941<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":203185,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64052,"identifier":"32.1-138.4","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.4","url":"\/32.1-138.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-138.4\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retaliation or discrimination against complainants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-138.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No nursing facility may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise cooperates with, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> or any other agency of government or any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> or entity operating under <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> with an agency of government, having responsibility for protecting the rights of patients of nursing facilities or (ii) attempts to assert any right protected by state or federal <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETALIATION OR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST COMPLAINANTS (\u00a7 32.1-138.4)\n\nNo nursing facility may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any\nperson who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise\ncooperates with, the Department or any other agency of government or any person\nor entity operating under contract with an agency of government, having\nresponsibility for protecting the rights of patients of nursing facilities or\n(ii) attempts to assert any right protected by state or federal law.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 941.","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}}