{"law_id":"776775","section_number":"32.1-138.4","catch_line":"Retaliation or discrimination against complainants","history":"1994, c. 941.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/32.1-138.4\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/32.1-138.4\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.4","structure":{"1":{"id":"365","name":"Rights And Responsibilities Of Patients In Nursing Homes","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/32.1\/5\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"156","name":"Regulation Of Medical Care Facilities And Services","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","url":"\/32.1\/5\/"},"3":{"id":"15","name":"Health","identifier":"32.1","label":"title","url":"\/32.1\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"776775","structure_id":"365","full_text":"No nursing facility may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any person who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise cooperates with, the Department or any other agency of government or any person or entity operating under contract with an agency of government, having responsibility for protecting the rights of patients of nursing facilities or (ii) attempts to assert any right protected by state or federal law.","text":{"0":{"id":"2504727","text":"No nursing facility may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any person who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise cooperates with, the Department or any other agency of government or any person or entity operating under contract with an agency of government, having responsibility for protecting the rights of patients of nursing facilities or (ii) attempts to assert any right protected by state or federal law.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"365","name":"Rights And Responsibilities Of Patients In Nursing Homes","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/32.1\/5\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"156","name":"Regulation Of Medical Care Facilities And Services","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","url":"\/32.1\/5\/"},"3":{"id":"15","name":"Health","identifier":"32.1","label":"title","url":"\/32.1\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"791450","structure_id":"365","section_number":"32.1-138","catch_line":"Enumeration; posting of policies; staff training; responsibilities devolving on guardians, etc.; exceptions; certification of compliance","url":"\/32.1-138\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138"},"1":{"id":"766465","structure_id":"365","section_number":"32.1-138.1","catch_line":"Implementation of transfer and discharge policies","url":"\/32.1-138.1\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.1"},"2":{"id":"788829","structure_id":"365","section_number":"32.1-138.2","catch_line":"Certain contract provisions prohibited","url":"\/32.1-138.2\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.2"},"3":{"id":"765196","structure_id":"365","section_number":"32.1-138.3","catch_line":"Third party guarantor prohibition","url":"\/32.1-138.3\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.3"},"4":{"id":"776775","structure_id":"365","section_number":"32.1-138.4","catch_line":"Retaliation or discrimination against complainants","url":"\/32.1-138.4\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.4"},"5":{"id":"779572","structure_id":"365","section_number":"32.1-138.5","catch_line":"Confidentiality of complainant's identity","url":"\/32.1-138.5\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.5"}},"previous_section":{"id":"765196","structure_id":"365","section_number":"32.1-138.3","catch_line":"Third party guarantor prohibition","url":"\/32.1-138.3\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.3"},"next_section":{"id":"779572","structure_id":"365","section_number":"32.1-138.5","catch_line":"Confidentiality of complainant's identity","url":"\/32.1-138.5\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2\/32.1-138.5"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/32.1-138.4.txt","json":"\/32.1-138.4.json","xml":"\/32.1-138.4.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Retaliation or discrimination against complainants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-138.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETALIATION OR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST COMPLAINANTS (\u00a7 32.1-138.4)\n\nNo nursing facility may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any\nperson who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise\ncooperates with, the Department or any other agency of government or any person\nor entity operating under contract with an agency of government, having\nresponsibility for protecting the rights of patients of nursing facilities or\n(ii) attempts to assert any right protected by state or federal law.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 941."}