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Vital records now obtainable online through the Virginia Department of Health
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Virginia parents can now request birth certificates online. Prior to the change, parents had to complete paper forms in the hospital, which had to be paid…
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New nursing home oversight laws will ‘finally’ give Virginia power to hold ‘bad actors’ accountable
RICHMOND, Va. — Governor Glenn Youngkin has signed bills into law aimed at improving care in Virginia's nursing homes by…
Colonial Heights nursing home fined $1,300 per day amid new violations
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va — Colonial Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center faces new enforcement actions from health regulators after an updated…
Why aide cited for abusing multiple nursing home residents never faced charges
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A nurse aide who was found by a state board to have sexually abused three nursing…
Petersburg-based nurse caught in diploma fraud scandal: DO NO HARM
All the details in our Health Safety stories come from publicly available Final Orders, Consent Orders, Orders of Suspension and…
Father shocked Henrico hospital wasn’t fined for failures in NICU
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Henrico Doctors’ Hospital was not fined by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) or the Centers…
Henrico nursing home identified as one of the country’s worst care facilities
HENRICO COUNTY, Va — A Henrico County nursing home has been identified as one of the worst long-term care facilities…
Nursing home-health department collaborations helping SNFs ‘walk the walk’ with emergency preparedness
Skilled nursing facilities are teaming up with state public health organizations for assistance in creating and enacting emergency preparedness plans…
Lawmakers call for action over ‘chicanery’ found in nursing home investigation
RICHMOND, Va. — Federal lawmakers are calling for action following a CBS 6 investigation examining the financial records of Colonial…
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Arbitration clause in employment contract deemed binding Virginia Attorneys Weekly
An arbitration provision in a plaintiff’s employment contract should be enforced against him despite his…
Virginia lawmakers delay human trafficking coaching for short-term leases
Lawmakers did not advance measures to implement human trafficking awareness training for short-term rental properties,…
