Code of Virginia - Title 63.2 Welfare (Social Services) - Chapter 17 Licensure And Registration Procedures

63.2-1700 Application fees; regulations and schedules; use of fees; certain facilities, centers and agencies ...
The Board is authorized to adopt regulations and schedules for fees to be charged for processing applications for licenses to operate assisted living facilities, adult ...

63.2-1701 Licenses required; issuance, expiration and renewal; maximum number of residents, participants or c...
A. Every person who constitutes, or who operates or maintains, an assisted living facility, adult day care center or child welfare agency shall obtain the ...

63.2-1702 Investigation on receipt of application
Upon receipt of the application the Commissioner shall cause an investigation to be made of the activities, services and facilities of the applicant, of the ...

63.2-1703 Variances
The Commissioner may grant a variance to a regulation when the Commissioner determines that (i) a licensee or applicant for licensure as an assisted living ...

63.2-1704 Voluntary registration of family day homes; inspections; investigation upon receipt of complaint; r...
A. Any person who maintains a family day home serving fewer than six children, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside ...

63.2-1705 Compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code
A. Buildings licensed as assisted living facilities, adult day care centers and child welfare agencies shall be classified by and meet the specifications for the ...

63.2-1706 Inspections and interviews
A. Applicants for licensure and licensees shall at all times afford the Commissioner reasonable opportunity to inspect all of their facilities, books and records, and ...

63.2-1707 Issuance or refusal of license; notification; provisional and conditional licenses
Upon completion of his investigation, the Commissioner shall issue an appropriate license to the applicant if (i) the applicant has made adequate provision for such ...

63.2-1708 Records and reports
Every licensed assisted living facility, licensed adult day care center, licensed or registered child welfare agency, or family day home approved by a family day ...

63.2-1709 Enforcement and sanctions; assisted living facilities and adult day care centers; interim administr...
A. Upon receipt and verification by the Commissioner of information from any source indicating an imminent and substantial risk of harm to residents, the Commissioner ...

63.2-1709.1 Enforcement and sanctions; child welfare agencies; revocation and denial
The Commissioner may revoke or deny the renewal of the license of any child welfare agency that violates any provision of this subtitle or fails ...

63.2-1709.2 Enforcement and sanctions; special orders; civil penalties
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, following a proceeding as provided in § 2.2-4019, the Commissioner may issue a special order (i) for violation ...

63.2-1710 Appeal from refusal, denial of renewal or revocation of license
A. Whenever the Commissioner refuses to issue a license or to renew a license, or revokes a license for an assisted living facility, adult day ...

63.2-1711 Injunction against operation without license
Any circuit court having jurisdiction in the county or city where the principal office of any assisted living facility, adult day care center or child ...

63.2-1712 Offenses; penalty
Any person, and each officer and each member of the governing board of any association or corporation that operates an assisted living facility, adult day ...

63.2-1713 Misleading advertising prohibited
No assisted living facility, adult day care center or child welfare agency shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public or cause, directly ...

63.2-1714 Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth
It shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth of every county and city to prosecute all violations of this subtitle. (Code 1950, ...

63.2-1715 Exemptions from licensure
A. The following child day programs shall not be required to be licensed: 1. A child day center that has obtained an exemption pursuant to ...

63.2-1716 Child day center operated by religious institution exempt from licensure; annual statement and docu...
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a child day center, including a child day center that is a child welfare agency operated or ...

63.2-1717 Certification of preschool or nursery school programs operated by accredited private schools; provi...
A. A preschool or nursery school program operated by a private school accredited by a statewide accrediting organization recognized by the Board of Education or ...

63.2-1718 Inspection of unlicensed child or adult care operations; inspection warrant
In order to perform his duties under this subtitle, the Commissioner may enter and inspect any unlicensed child or adult care operation with the consent ...

63.2-1719 Definitions
As used in this subtitle: "Barrier crime" means a conviction of murder or manslaughter as set out in Article 1 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of ...

63.2-1720 Employment for compensation of persons or use of volunteers convicted of certain offenses prohibite...
A. An assisted living facility, adult day care center or child welfare agency licensed or registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or ...

63.2-1721 Background check upon application for licensure or registration as child welfare agency; backgroun...
A. Upon application for licensure or registration as a child welfare agency, (i) all applicants; (ii) agents at the time of application who are or ...

63.2-1722 Revocation or denial of renewal based on background checks; failure to obtain background chec...
A. The Commissioner may revoke or deny renewal of a license or registration of a child welfare agency, an assisted living facility or adult day ...

63.2-1723 Child welfare agencies; criminal conviction and waiver
A. Any person who seeks to operate, volunteer or work at a child welfare agency and who is disqualified because of a criminal conviction or ...

63.2-1724 Records check by unlicensed child day center; penalty
Any child day center that is exempt from licensure pursuant to § 63.2-1716 shall require a prospective employee or volunteer or any other person who ...

63.2-1725 Records checks of child day centers or family day homes receiving federal, state or local child car...
Whenever any child day center or family day home that has not met the requirements of §§ 63.2-1720, 63.2-1721 and 63.2-1724 applies to enter into ...

63.2-1726 Background check required; children's residential facilities
A. As a condition of employment, volunteering or providing services on a regular basis, every children's residential facility that is regulated or operated by the ...

63.2-1727 Sex offender or child abuser prohibited from operating or residing in family day home
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a family day home if he, or if he knows that any other person who resides, ...

63.2-1728 Establishment of toll-free telephone line for complaints; investigation on receipt of complaint...
With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Commissioner shall establish a toll-free telephone line to respond to complaints regarding operations of assisted ...

63.2-1729 Confidentiality of complainant's identity
Whenever the Department conducts inspections and investigations in response to complaints received from the public, the identity of the complainant and the identity of any ...

63.2-1730 Retaliation or discrimination against complainants
No assisted living facility, adult day care center or child welfare agency may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any person who (i) in ...

63.2-1731 Retaliation against reports of child or adult abuse or neglect
No assisted living facility, adult day care center or child welfare agency may retaliate in any manner against any person who in good faith reports ...

63.2-1732 Regulations for assisted living facilities
A. The Board shall have the authority to adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle and to protect the health, ...

63.2-1733 Regulations for adult day care centers
A. The Board shall have the authority to adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle and to protect the health, ...

63.2-1734 Regulations for child welfare agencies
The Board, or in the case of child day centers, the Child Day-Care Council, shall adopt regulations for the activities, services and facilities to be ...

63.2-1735 Child Day-Care Council created; members; terms; duties
The Child Day-Care Council is hereby continued. Its members shall be appointed by the Governor and serve without compensation. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 2.2-2813, ...

63.2-1736 Interagency agreements; cooperation of Department with other departments
The Department is authorized to enter into interagency agreements with other state agencies to develop and implement regulations. Any state agency identified by the Department ...

63.2-1737 Licensure of group homes and residential facilities for children
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subtitle, the Department shall cooperate with other state departments in fulfilling their respective licensing and certification responsibilities of ...

63.2-1738 Program leaders and child-care supervisors at licensed child day centers; approved credentia...
Program leaders and child-care supervisors employed by child day centers may possess an approved credential. For purposes of this section: "Approved credential" means a competency-based ...