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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 860<\/a> and 861<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1409695,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354684,"identifier":"22.1-289.019","token":"22.1\/14.1\/3\/22.1-289.019","url":"\/22.1-289.019\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-289.019\/","token":"22.1\/14.1\/3\/22.1-289.019","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspections of child day programs and family day systems; prioritization","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-289.019","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Superintendent<\/span> shall prioritize inspections of child day programs<\/span> and family day systems<\/span> in the following order<\/span>: (i) inspections conducted in response to a complaint involving a licensed, registered, license-exempt, or unlicensed child day program<\/span> or family day system<\/span>; (ii) inspections of licensed or registered child day programs<\/span> and family day systems<\/span> that are not conducted in response to a complaint; (iii) inspections of license-exempt or unlicensed child day programs<\/span> and family day systems<\/span> that have entered into a contract<\/span> with the Department<\/span> or its agents or designees or a local department<\/span> of social services to provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant, other than inspections conducted in response to a complaint; and (iv) inspections of license-exempt and unlicensed child day programs<\/span> and family day systems<\/span> that are not conducted in response to a complaint.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTIONS OF CHILD DAY PROGRAMS AND FAMILY DAY SYSTEMS; PRIORITIZATION (\u00a7\n22.1-289.019)\n\nThe Superintendent shall prioritize inspections of child day programs and family\nday systems in the following order: (i) inspections conducted in response to a\ncomplaint involving a licensed, registered, license-exempt, or unlicensed child\nday program or family day system; (ii) inspections of licensed or registered\nchild day programs and family day systems that are not conducted in response to\na complaint; (iii) inspections of license-exempt or unlicensed child day\nprograms and family day systems that have entered into a contract with the\nDepartment or its agents or designees or a local department of social services\nto provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block\nGrant, other than inspections conducted in response to a complaint; and (iv)\ninspections of license-exempt and unlicensed child day programs and family day\nsystems that are not conducted in response to a complaint.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 860, 861.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}