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authority of investigative personnel and Director","url":"\/54.1-2506\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2506","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":78543,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2506.1","catch_line":"Submission of required information","url":"\/54.1-2506.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2506.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/54.1-2506.01\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0753\">753<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0762\">762<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0064\">64<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58137,"section_number":"54.1-2400.6","catch_line":"Hospitals, other health care institutions, home health and hospice organizations, and assisted living facilities required to report disciplinary actions against and certain disorders of health professionals; immunity from liability; failure to report","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2400.6\/"},{"id":61914,"section_number":"54.1-2400.7","catch_line":"Practitioners treating other practitioners for certain disorders to make reports; immunity from liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2400.7\/"},{"id":56758,"section_number":"54.1-2709.3","catch_line":"Reports of disciplinary action against oral and maxillofacial surgeons; immunity from liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2709.3\/"},{"id":70235,"section_number":"54.1-2709.4","catch_line":"Further reporting requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2709.4\/"},{"id":77034,"section_number":"54.1-2908","catch_line":"Reports of disciplinary action against health professionals; immunity from liability; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2908\/"},{"id":86961,"section_number":"54.1-2909","catch_line":"Further reporting requirements; civil penalty; disciplinary action","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2909\/"}],"permalink":{"id":241337,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86680,"identifier":"54.1-2506.01","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2506.01","url":"\/54.1-2506.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2506.01\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2506.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigation of reported violations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2506.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall investigate all complaints that are within the <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> of the relevant <span class=\"dictionary\">health regulatory board<\/span> received from (i) the general public and (ii) all reports received pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Hospitals, other health care institutions, home health and hospice organizations, and assisted living facilities required to report disciplinary actions against and certain disorders of health professionals; immunity from liability; failure to report\" href=\"\/54.1-2400.6\/\">54.1-2400.6<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Practitioners treating other practitioners for certain disorders to make reports; immunity from liability\" href=\"\/54.1-2400.7\/\">54.1-2400.7<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Reports of disciplinary action against oral and maxillofacial surgeons; immunity from liability\" href=\"\/54.1-2709.3\/\">54.1-2709.3<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Further reporting requirements\" href=\"\/54.1-2709.4\/\">54.1-2709.4<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Reports of disciplinary action against health professionals; immunity from liability; civil penalty\" href=\"\/54.1-2908\/\">54.1-2908<\/a>, or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Further reporting requirements; civil penalty; disciplinary action\" href=\"\/54.1-2909\/\">54.1-2909<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATION OF REPORTED VIOLATIONS (\u00a7 54.1-2506.01)\n\nThe Department shall investigate all complaints that are within the jurisdiction\nof the relevant health regulatory board received from (i) the general public and\n(ii) all reports received pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 54.1-2400.6, 54.1-2400.7,\n54.1-2709.3, 54.1-2709.4, 54.1-2908, or \u00a7 54.1-2909.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, cc. 753, 762; 2004, c. 64.","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}}