Code of Virginia
Title 37.2 - Behavioral Health and Developmental Services

§ 37.2-306. Research into causes of mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and related subjects - The Commissioner is hereby directed to promote research into the...

§ 37.2-307. Employment of special counsel to defend Board member, officer, or employee of Department in criminal cases - If the Commissioner, any Board member, or any officer or...

§ 37.2-308. Data reporting on children and adolescents - A. The Department shall collect and compile the following data:...

§ 37.2-308.01. Commitment hearings for involuntary admissions; data sharing - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 16.1-305 and 37.2-818, at the...

§ 37.2-308.1. Acute psychiatric bed registry - A. The Department shall develop and administer a web-based acute...

§ 37.2-309. Department responsible for substance abuse services; office established; qualifications of staff - The Department shall be responsible for the administration, planning, and...

§ 37.2-310. Powers and duties of Department related to substance abuse - The Department shall have the following powers and duties related...

§ 37.2-311. Review of applications for state or federal funds or services used in substance abuse programs - A. No state agency that is authorized to issue final...

§ 37.2-311.1. Comprehensive crisis system; Marcus alert system; powers and duties of the Department related to comprehensive mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disability crisis services - A. As used in this section and §§ 37.2-311.2 through...

§ 37.2-311.2. Powers and duties of crisis call center - A. The crisis call center established by the Department pursuant...

§ 37.2-311.3. Standards for community care teams and mobile crisis teams - The Department shall ensure that mobile crisis teams and community...

§ 37.2-311.4. Crisis Call Center Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...

§ 37.2-311.5. Collection of 988 charges - A. 1. Each dealer, as defined in § 56-484.17:1, shall...

§ 37.2-311.6. Liability for emergency calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - A. Any originating service provider, as defined in § 56-484.12,...

§ 37.2-312. Department responsible for education and training programs - The Department shall be responsible for providing for education and...

§ 37.2-312.1. Department to be lead agency for suicide prevention across the lifespan - A. With such funds as may be appropriated for this...

§ 37.2-312.2. Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program - A. For the purposes of this section, "certified trainer" means...

§ 37.2-313. Employment of unlicensed physician by Department - Unless a physician is licensed by the Commonwealth or is...

§ 37.2-313.1. Licensed physician required at certain training centers - The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall require...

§ 37.2-314. Background check required - A. As a condition of employment, the Department shall require...

§ 37.2-314.1. Developmental Disabilities Mortality Review Committee; duties; membership; confidentiality; report; penalty - A. There is hereby created the Developmental Disabilities Mortality Review...

§ 37.2-314.2. Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund - A. As used in this section: "Compulsive gambling" means persistent...

§ 37.2-314.3. Powers and duties of the Department related to supported decision-making agreements; report - A. As used in this section: "Principal" means an adult...

§ 37.2-315. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2022, c. 264, cl. 2.

§ 37.2-316. System restructuring; state and community consensus and planning team required - A. For the purpose of considering any restructuring of the...

§ 37.2-317. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 37.2-318. Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund established; purpose - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...

§ 37.2-319. Administration of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund - A. The Fund shall be administered by the Commissioner. Moneys...

Chapter 4 - Protection of Consumers

§ 37.2-400. Rights of individuals receiving services - A. Each individual receiving services in a hospital, training center,...

§ 37.2-401. Authorized representative prohibition - No employee of the Department, a state hospital or training...

§ 37.2-402. Board to establish regulations regarding human research - The Board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the Administrative Process...

§ 37.2-403. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 37.2-404. Authority of Commissioner to grant licenses - The Commissioner, subject to regulations adopted by the Board, may...

§ 37.2-405. License required; exception; license not transferable; operation of existing services; persons not to be admitted, etc., to unlicensed providers - A. No provider shall establish, conduct, maintain, or operate or...

§ 37.2-405.1. Certain provider information on website - The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall list...

§ 37.2-405.2. Certain information required of applicants to operate a licensed service - A. Every applicant for licensure to establish, conduct, maintain, or...

§ 37.2-406. (Effective until January 1, 2023) Conditions for initial licensure of certain providers - A. Notwithstanding the Commissioner's discretion to grant licenses pursuant to...

§ 37.2-406. (Effective January 1, 2023) Conditions for initial licensure of certain providers - A. Notwithstanding the Commissioner's discretion to grant licenses pursuant to...

§ 37.2-407. Regulations for treatment of pregnant women with substance abuse - The Board shall adopt regulations that ensure that providers licensed...

§ 37.2-408. Regulation of services delivered in group homes and residential facilities for children - A. The Department shall assist and cooperate with other state...

§ 37.2-408.1. Background check required; children's residential facilities - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 37.2-416, as a condition...

§ 37.2-409. Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disability - The Board may adopt regulations specifying the maximum number of...

§ 37.2-410. Expiration of license; renewal; license fees - Full licenses granted under this article may be issued for...

§ 37.2-411. Inspections - All services provided or delivered under any license shall be...

§ 37.2-412. Human rights review - Licensing pursuant to this article shall be contingent upon substantial...

§ 37.2-413. Necessity for supervision by licensed provider - No person shall maintain or operate any service unless such...

§ 37.2-414. Cure by mental or spiritual means without use of drugs or material remedy - Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to authorize...

§ 37.2-415. Provisional and conditional licenses - The Commissioner may issue a provisional license at any time...

§ 37.2-416. Background checks required - A. As used in this section: "Direct care position" means...

§ 37.2-417. Proceeding to prevent unlawful operation of service - In case any service is being operated in violation of...

§ 37.2-418. Revocation, suspension, or refusal of licenses; resumption of operation; summary suspension under certain circumstances; penalty - A. The Commissioner is authorized to revoke or suspend any...

§ 37.2-419. Human rights and licensing enforcement and sanctions; notice - A. As used in this section, "special order" means an...

§ 37.2-419.1. Summary suspension of adult facility licenses under certain circumstances; due process; penalty - A. Pursuant to the procedures set forth in subsection B...

§ 37.2-420. Offer or payment of remuneration in exchange for referral prohibited - No provider licensed pursuant to this article shall knowingly and...

§ 37.2-421. Advertising by licensed providers - The Board shall adopt regulations governing advertising practices of any...

§ 37.2-421.1. Supportive housing providers - A. The Department may enter into an agreement for the...

§ 37.2-422. Penalty - Any person violating any provision of this article or any...

§ 37.2-423. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2012, by Acts 2011, cc. 798...

§ 37.2-426. Officers may be appointed conservators of the peace; regulation of traffic - Pursuant to § 19.2-13, the director, resident officers, policemen, and...

§ 37.2-427. Mistreatment of individuals receiving services in hospital or training center - It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of...

§ 37.2-428. Aiding and abetting in escapes - It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of...

§ 37.2-429. Disorderly conduct on grounds and interference with officers - It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct himself...

§ 37.2-430. Providing alcoholic beverages to individuals receiving services - It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or...

§ 37.2-431. Contriving or conspiring to maliciously obtain admission of person - It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and...

§ 37.2-431.1. Recovery residences - A. As used in this section: "Credentialing entity" means a...

§ 37.2-432. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, cc. 43 and 111.

Chapter 5 - Community Services Boards

§ 37.2-500. Purpose; community services board; services to be provided - A. The Department, for the purposes of establishing, maintaining, and...

§ 37.2-501. Community services board; appointment; membership; duties of fiscal agent - A. Every city or county or any combination of counties...

§ 37.2-502. Community services board members; term of office; vacancies; removal - The term of office of each member of a community...

§ 37.2-503. Compensation of community services board members - The governing body of any county or city or the...

§ 37.2-504. Community services boards; local government departments; powers and duties - A. Every operating and administrative policy community services board and...

§ 37.2-505. Coordination of services for preadmission screening and discharge planning - A. The community services board shall fulfill the following responsibilities:...

§ 37.2-506. Background checks required - A. As used in this section: "Direct care position" means...

§ 37.2-507. Data collection on children and adolescents - Every community services board shall submit to the Department information...

§ 37.2-508. Performance contract for mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services - A. The Department shall develop and initiate negotiation of the...

§ 37.2-509. Mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services; allocation of funds by Department; reduction of funds - A. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Department...

§ 37.2-510. Community services board; withdrawal of county or city - No county or city participating in a joint community services...

§ 37.2-511. Liability for expenses of services - The income and estate of an individual receiving services shall...

§ 37.2-512. Authority to enter into joint agreements - A. A community services board may enter into joint agreements,...

Chapter 6 - Behavioral Health Authorities

§ 37.2-600. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 37.2-601. Behavioral health authorities; purpose - A. The Department, for the purposes of establishing, maintaining, and...

§ 37.2-602. Board of directors; appointment; membership - A city or county, before it shall come within the...

§ 37.2-603. Board of directors; terms; vacancies; removal - The term of office of each member of the behavioral...

§ 37.2-604. Board of directors; officers; meetings - The members of the behavioral health authority board of directors...

§ 37.2-605. Behavioral health authorities; powers and duties - Every authority shall be deemed to be a public instrumentality,...

§ 37.2-606. Coordination of services for preadmission screening and discharge planning - A behavioral health authority shall coordinate services for preadmission screening...

§ 37.2-607. Background check required - A behavioral health authority shall fulfill the duties of and...

§ 37.2-608. Performance contract for mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services - A. The Department shall develop and initiate negotiation of the...

§ 37.2-609. Exemption from taxation - The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall...

§ 37.2-610. Transfer of facilities and assets - The governing body of the city or county that established...

§ 37.2-611. Local appropriations; allocation of funds by Department; reduction of funds - The city or county that established the authority is authorized...

§ 37.2-612. Liability for expenses of services - Individuals receiving services shall be liable for the expenses of...

§ 37.2-613. Proceedings for dissolution - When the board of directors of a behavioral health authority...

§ 37.2-614. When powers and duties cease to exist - If the court shall enter an order, as provided in...

§ 37.2-615. Authority to enter into joint agreements - A. A behavioral health authority may enter into joint agreements,...

Chapter 7 - State Facilities

§ 37.2-700. Construction of state facilities; razing buildings - A. The Commissioner, subject to the approval of the Board...

§ 37.2-701. Examination of properties; certain property not to be declared surplus - The Commissioner is hereby authorized to examine the condition of...

§ 37.2-702. Separate state facilities for elderly individuals; free-standing state facilities authorized - The Department shall establish and operate a separate geriatric unit...

§ 37.2-703. Commissioner to prescribe system of records, accounts, and reports; access to records, accounts, and reports - The Commissioner shall prescribe and cause to be established and...

§ 37.2-704. Commissioner authorized to receive and expend social security and other federal payments for individuals receiving services in state facilities - The Commissioner, under any provision of federal law and regulation...

§ 37.2-705. Private funds provided for individuals receiving services - A. The Commissioner is hereby authorized to provide for the...

§ 37.2-706. Disposal of unclaimed personal property of certain individuals in state facilities - If any individual receiving services in a state facility dies,...

§ 37.2-707. Employment and qualifications of directors of state facilities - The Commissioner shall employ a director for each state facility...

§ 37.2-708. Salaries of directors and other employees of state facilities - The directors and other employees of state facilities shall each...

§ 37.2-709. State facility reporting requirements - Each director of a state facility shall notify the Director...

§ 37.2-709.1. State facility reporting requirements; critical incidents involving individuals receiving services - A. In each case in which an individual receiving services...

§ 37.2-710. State facility reporting requirements; Virginia Patient Level Data system - State facilities shall report such data about each individual receiving...

§ 37.2-711. Exchange of information - The Department and state facilities may exchange specific information about...

§ 37.2-712. Collection and dissemination of information concerning religious preferences and affiliations - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any...

§ 37.2-713. Residence of individuals in state facilities and school-age children in state facilities generally - For purposes of eligibility for and receipt of social services...

§ 37.2-714. Children born in state facilities - Any child born in a state facility shall be deemed...

§ 37.2-714.1. State facilities; video visitation - The director of every state facility shall establish a process...

§ 37.2-715. Who liable for expenses; amount - Any person who has been or who may be admitted...

§ 37.2-716. Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Revenue Fund - All funds collected by the Department pursuant to this article...

§ 37.2-717. Department to investigate financial ability to pay expenses; assessments and contracts by Department - A. The Department shall investigate and determine which individuals receiving...

§ 37.2-718. Order to compel payment of expenses - A. When any individual receiving services or his guardian, conservator,...

§ 37.2-719. Statement forms to be completed by the person liable for support of an individual receiving services - The Commissioner may prescribe statement forms that shall be completed...

§ 37.2-720. When collection of expenses not required - This article shall not be held or construed to require...

§ 37.2-721. Liability of estate of the individual receiving services - Upon the death of any individual who is receiving or...

Chapter 8 - Emergency Custody and Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions

§ 37.2-800. Applicability of chapter - For the purposes of this chapter, whenever the term mental...

§ 37.2-801. Admission procedures; forms - A. Any person alleged to have a mental illness to...

§ 37.2-802. Interpreters in admission or certification proceedings - A. In any proceeding pursuant to § 37.2-806 or §§...

§ 37.2-803. Special justices to perform duties of judge - The chief judge of each judicial circuit may appoint one...

§ 37.2-804. Fees and expenses - A. Any special justice, retired judge sitting by designation pursuant...

§ 37.2-804.1. Use of electronic communication - A. Petitions and orders for emergency custody and temporary detention...

§ 37.2-804.2. Disclosure of records - Any health care provider, as defined in § 32.1-127.1:03, or...

§ 37.2-805. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Voluntary admission - Any state facility shall admit any person requesting admission who...

§ 37.2-805. (Effective October 1, 2022) Voluntary admission - Any state facility shall admit any person requesting admission who...

§ 37.2-805.1. Admission of incapacitated persons pursuant to advance directives or by guardians - A. An agent for a person who has been determined...

§ 37.2-806. Judicial certification of eligibility for admission of persons with intellectual disability - A. Whenever a person alleged to have intellectual disability is...

§ 37.2-807. Emergency or respite care admissions to training centers - The Board may adopt regulations to provide for emergency and...

§ 37.2-808. Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order - A. Any magistrate shall issue, upon the sworn petition of...

§ 37.2-809. Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order - A. For the purposes of this section: "Designee of the...

§ 37.2-809.1. Facility of temporary detention - A. In each case in which an employee or designee...

§ 37.2-810. Transportation of person in the temporary detention process - A. In specifying the primary law-enforcement agency and jurisdiction for...

§ 37.2-811. Emergency treatment of inmates in the custody of local correctional facilities - A. In any case in which temporary detention is ordered...

§ 37.2-812. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, cc. 778 and 825, cl. 2.

§ 37.2-813. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Release of person prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission - Prior to a hearing as authorized in §§ 37.2-814 through...

§ 37.2-813. (Effective October 1, 2022) Release of person prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission - Prior to a hearing as authorized in §§ 37.2-814 through...

§ 37.2-814. Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; written explanation; right to counsel; rights of petitioner - A. The commitment hearing for involuntary admission shall be held...

§ 37.2-815. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; examination required - A. Notwithstanding § 37.2-814, the district court judge or special...

§ 37.2-815. (Effective October 1, 2022) Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; examination required - A. Notwithstanding § 37.2-814, the district court judge or special...

§ 37.2-816. Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; preadmission screening report - The district court judge or special justice shall require a...

§ 37.2-817. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Involuntary admission and mandatory outpatient orders - A. The district court judge or special justice shall render...

§ 37.2-817. (Effective October 1, 2022) Involuntary admission - A. The district court judge or special justice shall render...

§ 37.2-817.01. (Effective October 1, 2022) Mandatory outpatient treatment - A. Prior to ordering involuntary admission pursuant to § 37.2-817,...

§ 37.2-817.1. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Monitoring mandatory outpatient treatment; petition for hearing - A. The community services board where the person resides shall...

§ 37.2-817.1. (Effective October 1, 2022) Monitoring and court review of mandatory outpatient treatment - A. The community services board where the person resides shall...

§ 37.2-817.2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2022) Court review of mandatory outpatient treatment plan - A. The district court judge or special justice shall hold...

§ 37.2-817.3. Rescission of mandatory outpatient treatment order - A. If the community services board determines at any time...

§ 37.2-817.4. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Continuation of mandatory outpatient treatment order - A. At any time within 30 days prior to the...

§ 37.2-817.4. (Effective October 1, 2022) Continuation of mandatory outpatient treatment order - A. At any time within 30 days prior to the...

§ 37.2-818. Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; recordings and records - A. The district court judge or special justice shall make...

§ 37.2-819. Order of involuntary admission or mandatory outpatient treatment forwarded to CCRE; certain voluntary admissions forwarded to CCRE; firearm background check - A. The order from a commitment hearing issued pursuant to...

§ 37.2-820. Place of hearing - The hearing provided for pursuant to §§ 37.2-814 through 37.2-819...

§ 37.2-821. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Appeal of involuntary admission or certification order - A. Any person involuntarily admitted to an inpatient facility or...

§ 37.2-821. (Effective October 1, 2022) Appeal of involuntary admission or certification order - A. Any person involuntarily admitted to an inpatient facility or...

§ 37.2-822. Treatment of person admitted while appeal is pending - Whenever the director of any facility reasonably believes that treatment...

§ 37.2-823. Examination of admission papers by director; examination of persons admitted - A. Upon the receipt of any order for admission of...

§ 37.2-824. Periodic review of all persons for purposes of retention - The director of a state facility shall conduct a review...

§ 37.2-825. Admission raises no presumption of legal incapacity - The admission of any person to a facility shall not,...

§ 37.2-826. Disposition of nonresidents - If it appears that the person examined has a mental...

§ 37.2-827. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 244, cl....

§ 37.2-828. Receiving and maintaining federal prisoners in state facilities - The Commissioner is authorized to enter into a contract with...

§ 37.2-829. Transportation of person in civil admission process - When a person has volunteered for admission pursuant to §...

§ 37.2-830. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, cc. 112 and 697, cl. 2.

§ 37.2-831. Detention in jail after order of admission - It shall be unlawful for any sheriff, sergeant, or other...

§ 37.2-832. Persons with mental illness not to be confined in cells with criminals - In no case shall any sheriff or jailer confine any...

§ 37.2-833. Escape, sickness, death, or discharge of a person ordered to be involuntarily admitted while in custody; warrant for person escaping - If any person who has been ordered to be involuntarily...

§ 37.2-834. Arrest of certain persons involuntarily admitted - If a person involuntarily admitted to a facility escapes, the...

§ 37.2-835. Arrest without warrant - Any officer authorized to make arrests is authorized to make...

§ 37.2-836. Employees to accompany persons admitted voluntarily to facilities - When application is made to the director of a facility...

§ 37.2-837. Discharge from state hospitals or training centers, conditional release, and trial or home visits for individuals - A. Except for an individual receiving services in a state...

§ 37.2-838. Discharge of individuals from a licensed hospital - The person in charge of a licensed hospital may discharge...

§ 37.2-839. Exchange of information between community services boards or behavioral health authorities and state facilities - Community services boards or behavioral health authorities and state facilities...

§ 37.2-840. Transfer of individuals receiving services - A. The Commissioner may order the transfer of an individual...

§ 37.2-841. Admission of veteran to, or transfer to or from, a Veterans Affairs hospital, center, or other facility or installation - Whenever it appears that a person with mental illness is...

§ 37.2-842. Veterans admitted or transferred to Veterans Affairs hospital, center, or other facility or installation subject to rules; power and authority of medical officer in charge - Every veteran, after admission to a Veterans Affairs hospital, center,...

§ 37.2-843. Providing drugs or medicines for certain individuals discharged from state facilities - When any individual is discharged from a state facility and...

§ 37.2-844. Habeas corpus as means - A. Any person held in custody because of his mental...

§ 37.2-845. Procedure when person confined in facility or other institution - A. If the person referenced in § 37.2-844 is held...

§ 37.2-846. Procedure when person not confined in facility or other institution - A. In all cases, other than those provided for in...

§ 37.2-847. Duty of attorney for Commonwealth - In any case to test the legality of the detention...

Chapter 9 - Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators

§ 37.2-900. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 37.2-900.1. Office of Sexually Violent Predator Services - There is hereby established within the Department of Behavioral Health...

§ 37.2-901. Civil proceeding; rights of respondents; discovery - In hearings and trials held pursuant to this chapter, respondents...

§ 37.2-902. Commitment Review Committee; membership - A. The Director shall establish a Commitment Review Committee (CRC)...

§ 37.2-903. Database of prisoners convicted of sexually violent offenses; maintained by Department of Corrections; notice of pending release to CRC - A. The Director shall establish and maintain a database of...

§ 37.2-904. CRC assessment of prisoners or defendants eligible for commitment as sexually violent predators; mental health examination; recommendation - A. Within 180 days of receiving from the Director the...

§ 37.2-905. Review of prisoners convicted of a sexually violent offense; review of unrestorably incompetent defendants charged with sexually violent offenses; petition for commitment; notice to Department of Corrections or referring court regarding d... - A. Upon receipt of a recommendation by the CRC regarding...

§ 37.2-905.1. Substantial compliance - The provisions of §§ 37.2-903, 37.2-904, and 37.2-905 are procedural...

§ 37.2-905.2. Access to records - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and for the...

§ 37.2-906. Probable cause hearing; procedures - A. Upon the filing of a petition alleging that the...

§ 37.2-907. Right to assistance of experts; compensation - A. Upon a finding of probable cause the judge shall...

§ 37.2-908. Trial; right to trial by jury; standard of proof; discovery - A. Within 120 days after the completion of the probable...

§ 37.2-909. Placement of committed respondents - A. Any respondent committed pursuant to this chapter shall be...

§ 37.2-910. Review of continuation of secure inpatient treatment hearing; procedure and reports; disposition - A. The committing court shall conduct a hearing 12 months...

§ 37.2-911. Petition for release; hearing; procedures - A. The Commissioner may petition the committing court for conditional...

§ 37.2-912. Conditional release; criteria; conditions; reports - A. At any time the court considers the respondent's need...

§ 37.2-913. Emergency custody of conditionally released respondents; revocation of conditional release - A. A judicial officer may issue an emergency custody order,...

§ 37.2-914. Modification or removal of conditions; notice; objections; review - A. The court that placed the person on conditional release...

§ 37.2-915. Representation of Commonwealth and person subject to commitment; nature of proceedings - The Attorney General shall represent the Commonwealth in all proceedings...

§ 37.2-916. Authority of Commissioner; delegation to board; liability - For the purposes of carrying out the duties of this...

§ 37.2-917. Escape of persons committed; penalty - Any person committed to the custody of the Commissioner pursuant...

§ 37.2-918. Persons on conditional release leaving Commonwealth; penalty - Any person placed on conditional release pursuant to this chapter...

§ 37.2-919. Postrelease supervision of Department; commission of new criminal offense by person committed to Department - A. If a person committed to the Department of Behavioral...

§ 37.2-920. Appeal by Attorney General; emergency custody order - In any case in which the Attorney General successfully appeals...

§ 37.2-921. Department to give notice of Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry requirements to certain persons - A. Prior to the release or discharge of any committed...

Chapter 10 - Guardianship and Conservatorship

§ 37.2-1000. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, c. 614, cl. 11, effective October...

Chapter 10.1 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act

§ 37.2-1031. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, c. 614, cl. 11, effective October...

Chapter 11 - Judicial Authorization of Treatment

§ 37.2-1100. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 37.2-1101. Judicial authorization of treatment - A. An appropriate circuit court or district court judge or...

§ 37.2-1102. Certain actions may not be authorized - The following actions may not be authorized under this chapter:...

§ 37.2-1103. Emergency custody orders for adult persons who are incapable of making an informed decision as a result of physical injury or illness - A. Based upon the opinion of a licensed physician that...

§ 37.2-1104. Temporary detention in hospital for testing, observation, or treatment - A. As used in this section, "mental or physical condition"...

§ 37.2-1105. Appeal from order - Any order of a judge or special justice under §...

§ 37.2-1106. When health professional or licensed hospital not liable - Any licensed health professional or licensed hospital, including a hospital...

§ 37.2-1107. Fees and expenses - The provisions of § 37.2-804 relating to payment by the...

§ 37.2-1108. Effect of chapter on other laws - A. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to affect...

§ 37.2-1109. Use of electronic communication - A. Petitions and orders for emergency custody and temporary detention...

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Code of Virginia Title 37.2 - Behavioral Health and Developmental Services

Code of Virginia
Title 37.2 - Behavioral Health and Developmental Services