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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 22. Social Services
Agency 40. Department of Social Services
Chapter 90. Regulation for Background Checks for Assisted Living Facilities and Adult Day Centers
11/21/2024

22VAC40-90-20. Legal base and applicability.

A. Sections 63.2-1702 and 63.2-1721 of the Code of Virginia require all applicants for licensure as assisted living facilities to undergo background checks consisting of a sworn statement or affirmation and criminal history record check. If the applicant is an individual, the individual must undergo a background check. If the applicant is an association, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or public agency, the officers and agents of the applicant must undergo background checks.

B. Section 63.2-1720 of the Code of Virginia requires all employees of assisted living facilities and adult day centers, as defined by § 63.2-100 of the Code of Virginia, to obtain a criminal history record report from the Department of State Police.

C. Section 63.2-1720 of the Code of Virginia requires all applicants for employment at assisted living facilities and adult day centers to provide the hiring facility with a sworn statement or affirmation.

D. No volunteer shall be permitted to serve in a licensed assisted living facility or licensed adult day center without the permission or under the supervision of a person who has received a clearance pursuant to § 63.2-1720 of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority

§§ 63.2-1702, 63.2-1720, and 63.2-1721 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR615-37-01 § 1.2, eff. July 1, 1989; amended, Virginia Register Volume 8, Issue 17, eff. July 1, 1993; Volume 19, Issue 2, eff. November 6, 2002; Volume 21, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2005; Volume 22, Issue 22, eff. September 1, 2006; Volume 40, Issue 24, eff. August 14, 2024.

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