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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81603</law_id><section_number>23.1-821</section_number><catch_line>Hazing; certain individuals who make reports; disciplinary immunity; investigation; information about on-campus mental and behavioral health support</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="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Students and Campus</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Health and Campus Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Campus Safety; Hazing.</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of each <span class="dictionary">institution of higher education</span> shall include as part of its policy, code, rules, or set of standards governing <span class="dictionary">hazing</span> a provision for immunity from disciplinary action based on <span class="dictionary">hazing</span> or personal consumption of drugs or alcohol where such disclosure is made by a bystander not involved in such acts in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of <span class="dictionary">hazing</span> in advance of or during an incident of <span class="dictionary">hazing</span> that causes injury or is likely to cause injury to a person. <a id="paragraph-292251" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-821/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon learning of any alleged act of <span class="dictionary">hazing</span>, each institution shall use its disciplinary process to investigate such acts and the students involved in such acts. <a id="paragraph-292252" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-821/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of any institution from requiring access to services to support individuals who receive disciplinary immunity in accordance with the provisions of subsection A, including (i) counseling specific to alcohol abuse or drug abuse, or both, or (ii) inpatient or outpatient (a) alcohol counseling or treatment programs, (b) drug counseling or treatment programs, or (c) both alcohol and drug counseling or treatment programs. <a id="paragraph-292253" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-821/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Each institution shall provide information about on-campus individuals or entities that are qualified to provide the appropriate ongoing mental and behavioral health support to any student who reports to the institution an act of <span class="dictionary">hazing</span> or an act of <span class="dictionary">bullying</span> experienced as the result of a report of an act of <span class="dictionary">hazing</span> for such student. <a id="paragraph-292254" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-821/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2022, cc. 693, 694; 2024, c. 405.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
