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Photographs of the child may also be taken without the consent of the parent or other person responsible for such child as a part of the investigation or family assessment of the case by the local department or the court; however, such photographs shall not be used in lieu of medical evaluation. Such photographs and X-rays may be introduced into evidence in any subsequent proceeding.\n\t\tThe court receiving such evidence may impose such restrictions as to the confidentiality of photographs of any minor as it deems appropriate.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":281329,"text":"In any case of suspected child abuse, photographs and X-rays of the child may be taken without the consent of the parent or other person responsible for such child as a part of the medical evaluation. 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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 3 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 1978, chapter 553; in 2000, chapter 500<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271811,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78492,"identifier":"63.2-1520","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/4\/63.2-1520","url":"\/63.2-1520\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1520\/","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/4\/63.2-1520","dublin_core":{"Title":"Photographs and X-rays of child; use as evidence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1520","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any case of suspected child<\/span> abuse, photographs and X-rays of the child<\/span> may be taken without the consent of the parent or other person responsible for such child<\/span> as a part of the medical evaluation. Photographs of the child<\/span> may also be taken without the consent of the parent or other person responsible for such child<\/span> as a part of the investigation or family assessment of the case by the local department<\/span> or the court<\/span>; however, such photographs shall not be used in lieu of medical evaluation. Such photographs and X-rays may be introduced into evidence<\/span> in any subsequent proceeding.\n\t\tThe court<\/span> receiving such evidence<\/span> may impose such restrictions as to the confidentiality of photographs of any minor<\/span> as it deems appropriate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPHOTOGRAPHS AND X-RAYS OF CHILD; USE AS EVIDENCE (\u00a7 63.2-1520)\n\nIn any case of suspected child abuse, photographs and X-rays of the child may be\ntaken without the consent of the parent or other person responsible for such\nchild as a part of the medical evaluation. Photographs of the child may also be\ntaken without the consent of the parent or other person responsible for such\nchild as a part of the investigation or family assessment of the case by the\nlocal department or the court; however, such photographs shall not be used in\nlieu of medical evaluation. Such photographs and X-rays may be introduced into\nevidence in any subsequent proceeding.\n\t\tThe court receiving such evidence may impose such restrictions as to the\nconfidentiality of photographs of any minor as it deems appropriate.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 341, \u00a7 63.1-248.13; 1978, c. 553; 2000, c. 500; 2002, 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}}