1. 1. 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;
2. 2. Limitation on contacts and visits with the resident's attorney, a probation officer, regulators, or placing agency representative;
3. 3. Bans on contacts and visits with family or legal guardians, except as permitted by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
4. 4. Delay or withholding of incoming or outgoing mail, except as permitted by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
5. 5. Any action that is humiliating, degrading, or abusive;
6. 6. Corporal punishment;
7. 7. Subjection to unsanitary living conditions;
8. 8. 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;
9. 9. Deprivation of medical, dental or mental health care;
10. 10. Deprivation of appropriate and necessary services;
11. 11. Application of aversive stimuli;
12. 12. 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;
13. 13. 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
14. 14. Limitation on contacts and visits with advocates employed by the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy.

The following actions are prohibited:

Statutory Authority

§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-1737 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 3, eff. January 1, 2009.