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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 35. Department of Behavioral Health And Developmental Services
Chapter 105. Rules and Regulations for Licensing Providers by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
12/22/2024

12VAC35-105-820. Prohibited actions.

The following actions shall be prohibited:

1. Prohibition of contacts and visits with the individual's attorney, probation officer, placing agency representative, minister or chaplain;

2. Any action that is humiliating, degrading, or abusive;

3. Subjection to unsanitary living conditions;

4. Deprivation of opportunities for bathing or access to toilet facilities except as ordered by a licensed physician for a legitimate medical purpose and documented in the individual's record;

5. Deprivation of appropriate services and treatment;

6. Deprivation of health care;

7. Administration of laxatives, enemas, or emetics except as ordered by a physician or other professional acting within the scope of his license for a legitimate medical purpose and documented in the individual's record;

8. Applications of aversive stimuli except as permitted pursuant to other applicable state regulations;

9. Limitation on contacts with regulators, advocates or staff attorneys employed by the department or the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy.

10. Deprivation of drinking water or food necessary to meet an individual's daily nutritional needs except as ordered by a licensed physician for a legitimate medical purpose and documented in the individual's record;

11. Prohibition on contacts or visits with family or an authorized representative except as permitted by other applicable state regulations or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;

12. Delay or withholding of incoming or outgoing mail except as permitted by other applicable state and federal regulations or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction; and

13. Deprivation of opportunities for sleep or rest except as ordered by a licensed physician for a legitimate medical purpose and documented in the individual's record.

Statutory Authority

§ 37.2-203 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 18, eff. September 19, 2002; amended, Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 5, eff. December 7, 2011.

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