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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69644</law_id><section_number>38.2-4910</section_number><catch_line>Right of organization</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="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="49">Continuing Care Providers and Community-Based Continuing Care Providers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Registration of Continuing Care Providers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> <span class="dictionary">Residents</span> shall have the right of self-organization. No retaliatory conduct shall be permitted against any <span class="dictionary">resident</span> for membership or participation in a <span class="dictionary">residents</span>&#x2019; organization or for filing any complaint. The <span class="dictionary">provider</span> shall be required to provide to the organization a copy of all submissions to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-251791" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4910/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The board of directors, its designated representative or other such governing body of a <span class="dictionary">continuing care</span> <span class="dictionary">facility</span> shall hold meetings at least quarterly with the <span class="dictionary">residents</span> or representatives elected by the <span class="dictionary">residents</span> of the <span class="dictionary">continuing care</span> <span class="dictionary">facility</span> for the purpose of free discussion of <span class="dictionary">issues</span> relating to the <span class="dictionary">facility</span>. These <span class="dictionary">issues</span> may include income, expenditures and financial matters as they apply to the <span class="dictionary">facility</span> and proposed changes in policies, programs, facilities and services. <span class="dictionary">Residents</span> shall be entitled to seven days&#x2019; notice of each meeting. <a id="paragraph-251792" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4910/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 554, &#xA7; 38.1-965; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 139.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
