Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 10, December 30, 2024
Section 12VAC35-46-920 - ProhibitionsThe following actions are prohibited:
1. Deprivation of drinking water or food necessary to meet a resident's daily nutritional needs, except as ordered by a licensed physician for a legitimate medical purpose and documented in the resident's record;2. Limitation on contacts and visits with the resident's attorney, a probation officer, regulators, or placing agency representative;3. Bans on contacts and visits with family or legal guardians, except as permitted by other applicable state regulations or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;4. 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;5. Any action that is humiliating, degrading, or abusive;7. Subjection to unsanitary living conditions;8. 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 resident's record;9. Deprivation of health care;10. Deprivation of appropriate services and treatment;11. Application of aversive stimuli, except as permitted pursuant to other applicable state regulations;12. Administration of laxatives, enemas, or emetics, except as ordered by a licensed physician or poison control center for a legitimate medical purpose and documented in the resident's record;13. Deprivation of opportunities for sleep or rest, except as ordered by a licensed physician for a legitimate medical purpose and documented in the resident's record; and14. Limitation on contacts and visits with advocates employed by the department or the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy.12 Va. Admin. Code § 35-46-920
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 21, eff. August 6, 2009.Statutory Authority
§§ 37.2-408 and 37.2-203 of the Code of Virginia.