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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 341 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. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1979, chapter 453; in 1986, chapter 308; in 2000, chapter 500<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271803,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83353,"identifier":"63.2-1518","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/4\/63.2-1518","url":"\/63.2-1518\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1518\/","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/4\/63.2-1518","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to talk to child or sibling","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1518","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person required to make a report or conduct an investigation or family assessment, pursuant to this chapter may talk to any child<\/span> suspected of being abused or neglected or to any of his siblings<\/span> without consent of and outside the presence of his parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in loco parentis, or school personnel.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO TALK TO CHILD OR SIBLING (\u00a7 63.2-1518)\n\nAny person required to make a report or conduct an investigation or family\nassessment, pursuant to this chapter may talk to any child suspected of being\nabused or neglected or to any of his siblings without consent of and outside the\npresence of his parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in\nloco parentis, or school personnel.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 341, \u00a7 63.1-248.10; 1979, c. 453; 1986, c. 308; 2000, c. 500;\n2002, c. 747.","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}}