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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85086</law_id><section_number>63.2-1731</section_number><catch_line>Retaliation against reports of child or adult abuse or neglect</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="4">Complaints Received from Consumers and the Public</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">assisted living facility</span>, <span class="dictionary">adult day center</span> or <span class="dictionary">child</span> welfare agency may retaliate in any manner against any person who in good faith reports adult or <span class="dictionary">child</span> abuse or neglect pursuant to Chapter 15 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/63.2-1500/">63.2-1500</a> et seq.) of this title or Article 2 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Protection of adults; definitions" href="/63.2-1603/">63.2-1603</a> et seq.) of Chapter 16 of this title.</p></section></text><history>1996, c. 487, &#xA7; 63.1-198.03:1; 2002, c. 747; 2024, cc. 37, 150.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
