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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 93<\/a> and 233<\/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":57358,"section_number":"63.2-1516.1","catch_line":"Investigation procedures when school employee is subject of the complaint or report; release of information in joint investigations","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1516.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271791,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81554,"identifier":"63.2-1516.01","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/4\/63.2-1516.01","url":"\/63.2-1516.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1516.01\/","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/4\/63.2-1516.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigation procedures involving person who is the subject of complaint","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1516.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The local department<\/span> shall, at the initial time of contact with the person subject to a child<\/span> abuse and neglect investigation, advise such person of the complaints or allegations<\/span> made against the person, in a manner that is consistent with laws<\/span> protecting the rights of the person making the report or complaint. In cases where a child<\/span> is alleged to have been abused or neglected by a teacher, principal or other person employed by a local school board<\/span> or employed in a school operated by the Commonwealth, in the course of such employment in a nonresidential setting, the provisions of \u00a7 63.2-1516.1<\/a> shall also apply.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATION PROCEDURES INVOLVING PERSON WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT (\u00a7\n63.2-1516.01)\n\nThe local department shall, at the initial time of contact with the person\nsubject to a child abuse and neglect investigation, advise such person of the\ncomplaints or allegations made against the person, in a manner that is\nconsistent with laws protecting the rights of the person making the report or\ncomplaint. In cases where a child is alleged to have been abused or neglected by\na teacher, principal or other person employed by a local school board or\nemployed in a school operated by the Commonwealth, in the course of such\nemployment in a nonresidential setting, the provisions of \u00a7 63.2-1516.1 shall\nalso apply.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 93, 233.","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}}