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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 717<\/a> and 723<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 788<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56698,"section_number":"66-12","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":171983,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55116,"identifier":"2.2-309.4","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/3.2\/1\/2.2-309.4","url":"\/2.2-309.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-309.4\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/3.2\/1\/2.2-309.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additional powers and duties; juvenile justice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-309.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The definitions found in § 66-12<\/a> shall apply mutatis mutandis<\/span> to the terms used in this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In addition to the duties set forth in this chapter, the State Inspector General shall review, comment on, and make recommendations about, as appropriate, any reports prepared by the Department of Juvenile Justice and any critical incident data collected by the Department of Juvenile Justice in accordance with regulations adopted to identify issues<\/span> related to quality of care, seclusion and restraint, medication usage, abuse and neglect, staff recruitment and training, and other systemic issues<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant the Office<\/span> any authority over the operation and security of detention homes that is not specified in other provisions of law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES; JUVENILE JUSTICE (\u00a7 2.2-309.4)\n\nA. The definitions found in § 66-12 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the\nterms used in this section.\n\nB. In addition to the duties set forth in this chapter, the State Inspector\nGeneral shall review, comment on, and make recommendations about, as\nappropriate, any reports prepared by the Department of Juvenile Justice and any\ncritical incident data collected by the Department of Juvenile Justice in\naccordance with regulations adopted to identify issues related to quality of\ncare, seclusion and restraint, medication usage, abuse and neglect, staff\nrecruitment and training, and other systemic issues.\n\nC. Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant the Office any authority\nover the operation and security of detention homes that is not specified in\nother provisions of law.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, cc. 717, 723; 2014, c. 788.","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}}