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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77471</law_id><section_number>22.1-289.043</section_number><catch_line>Confidentiality of complainant&amp;#8217;s identity</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14.1">Early Childhood Care and Education</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Complaints</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> conducts inspections and investigations in response to complaints received from the public, the identity of the complainant and the identity of any child who is the subject of the complaint, or identified therein, shall be confidential and shall not be open to inspection by members of the public. Identities of the complainant and child who is the subject of the complaint shall be revealed only if a <span class="dictionary">court order</span> so requires. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, in its discretion, from disclosing to the <span class="dictionary">child day program</span> or <span class="dictionary">family day system</span> the nature of the complaint or the identity of the child who is the subject of the complaint. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or its employees from making reports under Chapter 15 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/63.2-1500/">63.2-1500</a> et seq.) of Title 63.2. If the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> intends to rely, in whole or in part, on any statements made by the complainant at any administrative <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> brought against <span class="dictionary">child day program</span> or <span class="dictionary">family day system</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall disclose the identity of the complainant to the <span class="dictionary">child day program</span> or <span class="dictionary">family day system</span> a reasonable time in advance of such <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 860, 861.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
