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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 629<\/a> and 662<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":271873,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63580,"identifier":"63.2-1534","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/7\/63.2-1534","url":"\/63.2-1534\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1534\/","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/7\/63.2-1534","dublin_core":{"Title":"Caregiver assessment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1534","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The local department<\/span> shall assess the proposed caregiver<\/span> and determine whether the proposed caregiver<\/span> (i) is willing and qualified to receive and care for the child<\/span>; (ii) is willing to have a positive, continuous relationship with the child<\/span>; and (iii) is willing and has the ability to protect the child<\/span> from abuse and neglect. Such assessment shall include requirements for (a) inquiry into the criminal and child<\/span> protective services history of each adult in the proposed caregiver<\/span>’s household and (b) an assessment of the caregiver<\/span>’s home environment in accordance with Board<\/span> regulations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The local department<\/span> shall document the results of the assessment of the proposed caregiver<\/span> and his home environment in the case record. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If, after conducting the assessment of the proposed caregiver<\/span>, the local department<\/span> determines that it is not in the child<\/span>’s best interests to be placed with the proposed caregiver<\/span>, the local department<\/span> shall notify the child<\/span>’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian and the proposed caregiver<\/span> of the reasons for the local department<\/span>’s determination but may not disclose the results of any criminal or child<\/span> protective services history unless the proposed caregiver<\/span> consents to such disclosure. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCAREGIVER ASSESSMENT (\u00a7 63.2-1534)\n\nA. The local department shall assess the proposed caregiver and determine\nwhether the proposed caregiver (i) is willing and qualified to receive and care\nfor the child; (ii) is willing to have a positive, continuous relationship with\nthe child; and (iii) is willing and has the ability to protect the child from\nabuse and neglect. Such assessment shall include requirements for (a) inquiry\ninto the criminal and child protective services history of each adult in the\nproposed caregiver’s household and (b) an assessment of the\ncaregiver’s home environment in accordance with Board regulations.\n\nB. The local department shall document the results of the assessment of the\nproposed caregiver and his home environment in the case record.\n\nC. If, after conducting the assessment of the proposed caregiver, the local\ndepartment determines that it is not in the child’s best interests to be\nplaced with the proposed caregiver, the local department shall notify the\nchild’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian and the proposed caregiver of\nthe reasons for the local department’s determination but may not disclose\nthe results of any criminal or child protective services history unless the\nproposed caregiver consents to such disclosure.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, cc. 629, 662.","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}}