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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 778<\/a> and 825<\/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":68740,"section_number":"16.1-340.1","catch_line":"Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-340.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80409,"section_number":"16.1-341","catch_line":"Involuntary commitment; petition; hearing scheduled; notice and appointment of counsel","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-341\/"},{"id":58318,"section_number":"16.1-345","catch_line":"Involuntary commitment; criteria","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-345\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161303,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60394,"identifier":"16.1-340.3","token":"16.1\/11\/16\/16.1-340.3","url":"\/16.1-340.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-340.3\/","token":"16.1\/11\/16\/16.1-340.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Release of minor prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-340.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Prior to a hearing<\/span> as authorized in \u00a7 16.1-341<\/a>, the judge<\/span> may release the minor<\/span> to his parent<\/span> if it appears from all evidence<\/span> readily available that the minor<\/span> does not meet the commitment criteria specified in \u00a7 16.1-345<\/a>. The director<\/span> of any facility in which the minor<\/span> is detained may release the minor<\/span> prior to a hearing<\/span> as authorized in \u00a7 16.1-341<\/a> if it appears, based on an evaluation conducted by the psychiatrist or clinical psychologist treating the minor<\/span>, that the minor<\/span> would not meet the commitment criteria specified in \u00a7 16.1-345<\/a> if released.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELEASE OF MINOR PRIOR TO COMMITMENT HEARING FOR INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION (\u00a7\n16.1-340.3)\n\nPrior to a hearing as authorized in \u00a7 16.1-341, the judge may release the minor\nto his parent if it appears from all evidence readily available that the minor\ndoes not meet the commitment criteria specified in \u00a7 16.1-345. The director of\nany facility in which the minor is detained may release the minor prior to a\nhearing as authorized in \u00a7 16.1-341 if it appears, based on an evaluation\nconducted by the psychiatrist or clinical psychologist treating the minor, that\nthe minor would not meet the commitment criteria specified in \u00a7 16.1-345 if\nreleased.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 778, 825.","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}}