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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64052</law_id><section_number>32.1-138.4</section_number><catch_line>Retaliation or discrimination against complainants</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="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Rights and Responsibilities of Patients in Nursing Homes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No nursing facility may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise cooperates with, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or any other agency of government or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> or entity operating under <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with an agency of government, having responsibility for protecting the rights of patients of nursing facilities or (ii) attempts to assert any right protected by state or federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>.</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 941.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
