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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>375579</law_id><section_number>63.2-214.2</section_number><catch_line>Information related to shaken baby syndrome</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="135" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions Relating to Social Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">State Social Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department and Commissioner of Social Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall make information about shaken baby syndrome, its effects, and resources for help and support for caretakers in a printable format, and information about how to acquire information about shaken baby syndrome and its effects in an audiovisual format, available to the public on its website. Such information shall be provided to every <span class="dictionary">child</span> welfare program required to be licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> at the time of initial licensure and upon request. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall also make the information required in this section available to foster and adoptive parents and other persons, upon request.</p></section></text><history>2010, c. 551.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
