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2020 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 873
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology
on February 5, 2020)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator DeSteph)
A BILL to direct the Library of Virginia to standardize retention schedules for regulatory boards with respect to unfounded complaints.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Library of Virginia is directed to standardize its various retention schedules for boards that regulate professions and occupations to allow confidential destruction of records related to (i) complaints or claim files that have been closed due to an incomplete or withdrawn complaint, insufficient evidence, or an inapplicable board regulation and (ii) investigations into possible violations of laws or regulations that do not result in disciplinary action by the board, including complaints or claims, investigative reports of finding, exhibits, and investigator field notes, one year after the last action taken on such complaints, claims, or investigations.