{"data":{"id":"us-va/22vac40-151-820","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"22VAC40-151-820","heading":"Prohibitions","body":"The following actions are prohibited:\n\n1. 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;\n\n2. Limitation on contacts and visits with the resident's attorney, a probation officer, regulators, or placing agency representative;\n\n3. Bans on contacts and visits with family or legal guardians, except as permitted by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;\n\n4. Delay or withholding of incoming or outgoing mail, except as permitted by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;\n\n5. Any action that is humiliating, degrading, or abusive;\n\n6. Corporal punishment;\n\n7. Subjection to unsanitary living conditions;\n\n8. 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;\n\n9. Deprivation of medical, dental or mental health care;\n\n10. Deprivation of appropriate and necessary services;\n\n11. Application of aversive stimuli;\n\n12. 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;\n\n13. 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; and\n\n14. Limitation on contacts and visits with advocates employed by the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy.","path":["Title 22. Social Services","Agency 40. Department of Social Services","Chapter 151. Standards for Licensed Children's Residential Facilities"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter151/section820/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:56Z","sha256":"9d76565c09104507bc62804e531bc1092fcf589ba0a15f064363c4e4233254ec","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/22vac40-151-810","next":"us-va/22vac40-151-830"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}