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2025 Code of Virginia
Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)
Chapter 17 - Licensure and Registration Procedures
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 63.2-1700. Application fees; regulations and schedules; use of fees; certain facilities, centers, and agencies exempt
- § 63.2-1701. Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of residents, participants or children; posting of licenses
- § 63.2-1701.01. Expired
- § 63.2-1701.1. Repealed
- § 63.2-1702. Investigation on receipt of application
- § 63.2-1703. Variances
- § 63.2-1704. Repealed
- § 63.2-1705. Compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code
- § 63.2-1705.1. Expired
- § 63.2-1706. Inspections and interviews
- § 63.2-1706.1. Inspections of child welfare agencies; prioritization
- § 63.2-1707. Issuance or refusal of license; notification; provisional and conditional licenses
- § 63.2-1708. Records and reports
- § 63.2-1709. Enforcement and sanctions; assisted living facilities and adult day centers; interim administration; receivership, revocation, denial, summary suspension
- § 63.2-1709.1. Enforcement and sanctions; child welfare agencies; revocation, denial, and summary suspension
- § 63.2-1709.2. Enforcement and sanctions; special orders; civil penalties
- § 63.2-1709.3. Child-placing agencies; conscience clause
- § 63.2-1710. Appeal from refusal, denial of renewal, or revocation of license
- § 63.2-1710.1. Summary order of suspension; assisted living facilities and child welfare agencies operated by an agency of the Commonwealth
- § 63.2-1710.2. Right to appeal notice of intent; assisted living facilities, adult day centers, and child welfare agencies operated by agencies of the Commonwealth
- § 63.2-1711. Injunction against operation without license
- § 63.2-1712. Offenses; penalty
- § 63.2-1713. Misleading advertising prohibited
- § 63.2-1714. Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth
Article 2. Unlicensed Programs
- § 63.2-1715. Exemptions from licensure
- § 63.2-1716. Repealed
- § 63.2-1718. Inspection of unlicensed child or adult care operations; inspection warrant
Article 3. Background Checks
- § 63.2-1719. Barrier crime; construction
- § 63.2-1720. 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
- § 63.2-1720.1. Repealed
- § 63.2-1721. Background check upon application for licensure as a child-placing agency, etc.; penalty
- § 63.2-1721.1. Repealed
- § 63.2-1722. Revocation or denial of renewal based on background checks; failure to obtain background check
- § 63.2-1723. Child welfare agencies; criminal conviction and waiver
- § 63.2-1724. Repealed
- § 63.2-1726. Background check required; children's residential facilities
- § 63.2-1727. Repealed
Article 4. Complaints Received from Consumers and the Public
- § 63.2-1728. Establishment of toll-free telephone line for complaints; investigation on receipt of complaints
- § 63.2-1729. Confidentiality of complainant's identity
- § 63.2-1730. Retaliation or discrimination against complainants
- § 63.2-1731. Retaliation against reports of child or adult abuse or neglect
Article 5. Regulations and Interdepartmental Cooperation
- § 63.2-1732. Regulations for assisted living facilities
- § 63.2-1733. Regulations for adult day centers
- § 63.2-1734. Regulations for child welfare agencies
- § 63.2-1735. Repealed
- § 63.2-1736. Interagency agreements; cooperation of Department with other departments
- § 63.2-1737. Licensure of group homes and residential facilities for children
- § 63.2-1738. Repealed
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