38.2-4910 - Right of organization.
§ 38.2-4910. Right of organization.
A. Residents shall have the right of self-organization. No retaliatoryconduct shall be permitted against any resident for membership orparticipation in a residents' organization or for filing any complaint. Theprovider shall be required to provide to the organization a copy of allsubmissions to the Commission.
B. The board of directors, its designated representative or other suchgoverning body of a continuing care facility shall hold meetings at leastquarterly with the residents or representatives elected by the residents ofthe continuing care facility for the purpose of free discussion of issuesrelating to the facility. These issues may include income, expenditures andfinancial matters as they apply to the facility and proposed changes inpolicies, programs, facilities and services. Residents shall be entitled toseven days' notice of each meeting.
(1985, c. 554, § 38.1-965; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 139.)