{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/63.2-1715.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/63.2-1715.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/63.2-1715.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/63.2-1715.html"}],"law_id":63849,"edition_id":1,"section_id":63849,"structure_id":16125,"section_number":"63.2-1715","catch_line":"Exemptions from licensure","history":"1993, cc. 730, 742, \u00a7 63.1-196.001; 1994, cc. 837, 940; 1999, c. 454; 2000, cc. 61, 1058; 2002, c. 747; 2003, c. 467; 2006, c. 725; 2011, c. 363; 2014, c. 130; 2016, c. 442; 2017, c. 748; 2018, cc. 189, 244, 810; 2019, cc. 297, 667; 2020, cc. 860, 861.","full_text":"A\n\nNo person to whom parental and legal custodial powers have been delegated pursuant to Chapter 10 (§ 20-166 et seq.) of Title 20 shall be required to obtain a license to operate an independent foster home or approval as a foster parent from the Commissioner.B\n\nOfficers, employees, or agents of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city, or town acting within the scope of their authority as such, who serve as or maintain a child-placing agency shall not be required to be licensed.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":232586,"text":"No person to whom parental and legal custodial powers have been delegated pursuant to Chapter 10 (§ 20-166 et seq.) of Title 20 shall be required to obtain a license to operate an independent foster home or approval as a foster parent from the Commissioner.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":232587,"text":"Officers, employees, or agents of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city, or town acting within the scope of their authority as such, who serve as or maintain a child-placing agency shall not be required to be licensed.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":16125,"edition_id":1,"name":"Unlicensed Programs","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13303,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:06:45","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:06:45","permalink":{"id":272245,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16125,"identifier":"2","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/2","url":"\/63.2\/IV\/17\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13303,"edition_id":1,"name":"Licensure and Registration Procedures","identifier":"17","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13166,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:36","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:36","permalink":{"id":272145,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13303,"identifier":"17","token":"63.2\/IV\/17","url":"\/63.2\/IV\/17\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13166,"edition_id":1,"name":"Licensure","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12789,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","permalink":{"id":272143,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13166,"identifier":"IV","token":"63.2\/IV","url":"\/63.2\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12789,"edition_id":1,"name":"Welfare (Social Services)","identifier":"63.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":270661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12789,"identifier":"63.2","token":"63.2","url":"\/63.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":63849,"structure_id":16125,"section_number":"63.2-1715","catch_line":"Exemptions from licensure","url":"\/63.2-1715\/","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/2\/63.2-1715","metadata":false},{"id":81662,"structure_id":16125,"section_number":"63.2-1716","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/63.2-1716\/","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/2\/63.2-1716","metadata":false},{"id":73393,"structure_id":16125,"section_number":"63.2-1718","catch_line":"Inspection of unlicensed child or adult care operations; inspection warrant","url":"\/63.2-1718\/","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/2\/63.2-1718","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":81662,"structure_id":16125,"section_number":"63.2-1716","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/63.2-1716\/","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/2\/63.2-1716","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/63.2-1715\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 730 and 742 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 13 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 1994, chapters 837<\/a> and 940<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 454<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 61<\/a> and 1058<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 467<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 725<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 363<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 130<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 442<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 748<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 189<\/a>, 244<\/a>, and 810<\/a>; in 2019, chapters 297<\/a> and 667<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 860<\/a> and 861<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59671,"section_number":"20-166","catch_line":"Power of attorney to delegate parental or legal custodial powers","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-166\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272247,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63849,"identifier":"63.2-1715","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/2\/63.2-1715","url":"\/63.2-1715\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1715\/","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/2\/63.2-1715","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions from licensure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1715","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person to whom parental and legal custodial powers have been delegated pursuant to Chapter 10 (§ 20-166<\/a> et seq.) of Title 20 shall be required to obtain a license to operate an independent foster home<\/span> or approval as a foster parent from the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Officers, employees, or agents of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city, or town acting within the scope of their authority as such, who serve as or maintain a child<\/span>-placing agency<\/span> shall not be required to be licensed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSURE (\u00a7 63.2-1715)\n\nA. No person to whom parental and legal custodial powers have been delegated\npursuant to Chapter 10 (§ 20-166 et seq.) of Title 20 shall be required to\nobtain a license to operate an independent foster home or approval as a foster\nparent from the Commissioner.\n\nB. Officers, employees, or agents of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city,\nor town acting within the scope of their authority as such, who serve as or\nmaintain a child-placing agency shall not be required to be licensed.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, cc. 730, 742, \u00a7 63.1-196.001; 1994, cc. 837, 940; 1999, c. 454;\n2000, cc. 61, 1058; 2002, c. 747; 2003, c. 467; 2006, c. 725; 2011, c. 363;\n2014, c. 130; 2016, c. 442; 2017, c. 748; 2018, cc. 189, 244, 810; 2019, cc.\n297, 667; 2020, cc. 860, 861.","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}}