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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 698<\/a> and 840<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84418,"section_number":"16.1-318","catch_line":"Powers of commission generally; supervision by Director of Department of Juvenile Justice","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-318\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":161093,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57679,"identifier":"16.1-309.10","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.10","url":"\/16.1-309.10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-309.10\/","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Visitation and management of detention homes; other facilities; reports of superintendent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-309.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the event that a detention home<\/span>, group home or other residential care facility for children in need of services or delinquent or alleged delinquent youth is established by a county, city, or any combination thereof, it shall be subject to visitation, inspection and regulation by the State Board<\/span> or its agents, and shall be furnished and operated so far as possible as a family home under the management of a superintendent. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to furnish the Department<\/span> such reports and other statistical data relating to the operation of such detention homes<\/span>, group homes or other residential care facilities for children in need of services or delinquent or alleged delinquent youth as may be required by the Director<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVISITATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DETENTION HOMES; OTHER FACILITIES; REPORTS OF\nSUPERINTENDENT (\u00a7 16.1-309.10)\n\nIn the event that a detention home, group home or other residential care\nfacility for children in need of services or delinquent or alleged delinquent\nyouth is established by a county, city, or any combination thereof, it shall be\nsubject to visitation, inspection and regulation by the State Board or its\nagents, and shall be furnished and operated so far as possible as a family home\nunder the management of a superintendent. It shall be the duty of the\nsuperintendent to furnish the Department such reports and other statistical data\nrelating to the operation of such detention homes, group homes or other\nresidential care facilities for children in need of services or delinquent or\nalleged delinquent youth as may be required by the Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 698, 840.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}