Chapter 4.4: Office of the Children's Ombudsman

This chapter is comprised of the following sections:

§2.2-438 Definitions
§2.2-439 Children&#8217;s Ombudsman; establishment; appointment; removal
§2.2-440 Procedures; training; notification of safety concerns.
§2.2-441 Individuals making complaint to Children&#8217;s Ombudsman
§2.2-442 Children&#8217;s Ombudsman; powers and duties
§2.2-443 Abused or neglected children; children receiving child-protective services, in foster care, or placed for adoption; powers of Children&#8217;s Ombudsman; child fatality cases; investigation
§2.2-444 Decision to investigate; notice; pursuing administrative remedies or channels of complaint; further investigation; violation of state or federal criminal law; complaint against child-placing agency; petition requesting court jurisdiction or termination of parental rights
§2.2-445 Department and child-placing agency; duties; information to be provided to biological parent, adoptive parent, or foster parent; access to departmental computer networks
§2.2-446 Confidentiality of record of Children&#8217;s Ombudsman; disclosure; limitations; release of certain information
§2.2-447 Report of findings; recommendations; consultation with individual, Department, local department, children&#8217;s residential facility, or child-placing agency; publication of adverse report; notice of actions; information provided to complainant; child fatality investigation; report
§2.2-448 Penalty for filing complaint or cooperating in investigation prohibited
§2.2-449 Repealed
