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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 737<\/a> and 763<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1499773,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375593,"identifier":"63.2-2204","token":"63.2\/VI\/22\/63.2-2204","url":"\/63.2-2204\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-2204\/","token":"63.2\/VI\/22\/63.2-2204","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confidentiality of information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-2204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except in accordance with proper judicial order<\/span> or as otherwise provided by law<\/span>, any employee or former employee of the Department<\/span> shall not divulge any information acquired by him in the performance of his duties with respect to the income or grant eligibility of any caregiver<\/span> submitted pursuant to this chapter. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to (i) acts performed or words spoken or published in the line of duty under law<\/span>; (ii) inquiries and investigations to obtain information as to the implementation of this chapter by a duly constituted committee of the General Assembly, or when such inquiry or investigation is relevant to its study, provided that any such information shall be privileged; or (iii) the publication of statistics so classified as to prevent the identification of particular caregivers<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION (\u00a7 63.2-2204)\n\nExcept in accordance with proper judicial order or as otherwise provided by law,\nany employee or former employee of the Department shall not divulge any\ninformation acquired by him in the performance of his duties with respect to the\nincome or grant eligibility of any caregiver submitted pursuant to this chapter.\nThe provisions of this section shall not be applicable to (i) acts performed or\nwords spoken or published in the line of duty under law; (ii) inquiries and\ninvestigations to obtain information as to the implementation of this chapter by\na duly constituted committee of the General Assembly, or when such inquiry or\ninvestigation is relevant to its study, provided that any such information shall\nbe privileged; or (iii) the publication of statistics so classified as to\nprevent the identification of particular caregivers.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, cc. 737, 763, \u00a7 63.1-335; 2002, c. 747.","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"}}