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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0208\">208<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0303\">303<\/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":69028,"section_number":"38.2-4902","catch_line":"Disclosure statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4902\/"},{"id":63774,"section_number":"38.2-4904","catch_line":"Annual disclosure statements","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4904\/"},{"id":65856,"section_number":"38.2-4905","catch_line":"Resident's contract","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4905\/"},{"id":79430,"section_number":"38.2-4921","catch_line":"Annual community-based continuing care disclosure statements","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4921\/"},{"id":71875,"section_number":"38.2-4923","catch_line":"Participant's contract","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4923\/"},{"id":71371,"section_number":"38.2-4925","catch_line":"Financial instability","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4925\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":217467,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61444,"identifier":"38.2-4931","token":"38.2\/49\/3\/38.2-4931","url":"\/38.2-4931\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4931\/","token":"38.2\/49\/3\/38.2-4931","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cease and desist orders; injunctions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4931","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever it appears to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> that any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> has engaged in, or is about to engage in, any act or practice constituting a violation of this chapter or any rule, regulation, or <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> issued under this chapter, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Issue<\/span> an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> directed at any such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> requiring him to cease and desist from engaging in such act or practice; and <a id=\"paragraph-224454\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4931\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Upon a proper showing, <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a permanent or temporary <span class=\"dictionary\">injunction<\/span> or a restraining <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule, regulation, or <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> issued under this chapter. <a id=\"paragraph-224455\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4931\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCEASE AND DESIST ORDERS; INJUNCTIONS (\u00a7 38.2-4931)\n\nWhenever it appears to the Commission that any person has engaged in, or is\nabout to engage in, any act or practice constituting a violation of this chapter\nor any rule, regulation, or order issued under this chapter, the Commission may:\n\n1. Issue an order directed at any such person requiring him to cease and desist\nfrom engaging in such act or practice; and\n\n2. Upon a proper showing, issue a permanent or temporary injunction or a\nrestraining order to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule,\nregulation, or order issued under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 208, 303.","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}}