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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86252</law_id><section_number>63.2-1722</section_number><catch_line>Revocation or denial of renewal based on background checks; failure to obtain background check</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="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="17">Licensure and Registration Procedures</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Background Checks</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may revoke or deny renewal of a license of a <span class="dictionary">child</span> welfare agency, <span class="dictionary">assisted living facility</span>, or <span class="dictionary">adult day center</span> and a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">child</span>-placing agency</span> may revoke the approval of a <span class="dictionary">foster home</span> if the <span class="dictionary">assisted living facility</span>, <span class="dictionary">adult day center</span>, <span class="dictionary">child</span> welfare agency, or <span class="dictionary">foster home</span> has knowledge that a person specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assisted living facilities and adult day centers; employment for compensation of persons or use of volunteers convicted of certain offenses prohibited; background check required; penalty" href="/63.2-1720/">63.2-1720</a> or <a class="law" title="Background check upon application for licensure as a child-placing agency, etc.; penalty" href="/63.2-1721/">63.2-1721</a> required to have a background check (i) has been convicted of any barrier <span class="dictionary">crime</span> as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled" href="/19.2-392.02/">19.2-392.02</a> or (ii) in the case of a <span class="dictionary">child</span> welfare agency or <span class="dictionary">foster home</span>, is the subject of a founded complaint of <span class="dictionary">child</span> abuse or neglect within or outside the Commonwealth, and such person has not been granted a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Child welfare agencies; criminal conviction and waiver" href="/63.2-1723/">63.2-1723</a> or is not subject to the exceptions in subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assisted living facilities and adult day centers; employment for compensation of persons or use of volunteers convicted of certain offenses prohibited; background check required; penalty" href="/63.2-1720/">63.2-1720</a> or subsection E, F, G, or H of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Background check upon application for licensure as a child-placing agency, etc.; penalty" href="/63.2-1721/">63.2-1721</a>, and the facility, center, or agency refuses to separate such person from employment or service or allows the household member to continue to reside in the home. <a id="paragraph-308937" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1722/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Failure to obtain background checks pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assisted living facilities and adult day centers; employment for compensation of persons or use of volunteers convicted of certain offenses prohibited; background check required; penalty" href="/63.2-1720/">63.2-1720</a> and <a class="law" title="Background check upon application for licensure as a child-placing agency, etc.; penalty" href="/63.2-1721/">63.2-1721</a> shall be grounds for denial, <span class="dictionary">revocation</span>, or termination of a license, registration, or approval or any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the Department or a <span class="dictionary">local department</span> to provide <span class="dictionary">child</span> care services to clients of the Department or <span class="dictionary">local department</span>. No violation shall occur if the <span class="dictionary">assisted living facility</span>, <span class="dictionary">adult day center</span>, <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">child</span>-placing agency</span>, or <span class="dictionary">independent foster home</span> has applied for the background check timely and it has not been obtained due to administrative delay. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Department. <a id="paragraph-308938" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1722/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 63-235; 1968, cc. 578, &#xA7; 63.1-198, 585; 1975, c. 439; 1985, c. 360; 1992, c. 746; 1993, cc. 730, 742; 1995, c. 401; 1996, c. 747; 1997, c. 427; 1998, cc. 551, 581; 2002, c. 747; 2015, cc. 758, 770; 2017, cc. 189, 751, 809; 2020, cc. 860, 861; 2024, cc. 37, 150.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
