12VAC5-115-30. Registration procedures.
A. To gain access to VIIS, an authorized participant shall complete the VIIS electronic registration process. The participant shall complete the electronic registration process every year as directed by VDH. Registration shall require the participant to ensure compliance with necessary confidentiality and security access provisions that specify security procedures to ensure that VIIS data are protected from unauthorized view and access.
B. VDH must approve the registration before granting the participant access to the system.
C. VDH shall confirm the participant completed VDH-specified training and then activate the participant in the VIIS system.
D. A qualifying participant organization shall designate an administrator for the participant's organization. The administrator may then allow VIIS access by an employee in the administrator's organization and, in doing so, shall assume responsibility for registering that person, ensuring the employee is trained and has reviewed the VDH security requirements for VIIS, assigning the security role of the participant, accepting legal responsibility for the participant's proper use of VIIS, and terminating access to VIIS if the participant is noncompliant with VIIS requirements or no longer requires access.
E. If a participant’s access is terminated, the data entered by the participant shall remain in the system.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-46.01 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 22, eff. July 31, 2015; amended, Virginia Register Volume 38, Issue 8, eff. January 7, 2022; Volume 42, Issue 22, eff. August 13, 2026.