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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 223 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. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 13 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1974, chapter 420; in 1976, chapters 760 and 761; in 1982, chapter 345; in 1984, chapters 728 and 746; in 1985, chapters 72 and 265; in 1988, chapter 839; in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0357\">357<\/a>; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0727\">727<\/a>; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0858\">858<\/a>; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0808\">808<\/a>; in 1999, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0342\">342<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0412\">412<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0421\">421<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0433\">433<\/a>; in 2000, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0483\">483<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0491\">491<\/a>; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69296,"section_number":"3.2-102","catch_line":"General powers and duties of the Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-102\/"},{"id":75641,"section_number":"51.5-184","catch_line":"Confidentiality of records of Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-184\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":173679,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84713,"identifier":"2.2-601","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/6\/1\/2.2-601","url":"\/2.2-601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-601\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/6\/1\/2.2-601","dublin_core":{"Title":"General powers of the departments established in this title","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each department established in this title shall have the following general powers to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Employ such personnel as may be required to carry out the respective purposes for which such department was created; <a id=\"paragraph-303613\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-601\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Make and enter into <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this title; <a id=\"paragraph-303614\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-601\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Accept grants from the United States government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, each department shall have the power to comply with the conditions and execute the agreements necessary, convenient, or desirable; and <a id=\"paragraph-303615\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-601\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the respective purposes for which the department was created. <a id=\"paragraph-303616\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-601\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTS ESTABLISHED IN THIS TITLE (\u00a7 2.2-601)\n\nEach department established in this title shall have the following general\npowers to:\n\n1. Employ such personnel as may be required to carry out the respective purposes\nfor which such department was created;\n\n2. Make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the\nperformance of its duties and execution of its powers under this title;\n\n3. Accept grants from the United States government and agencies and\ninstrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, each department\nshall have the power to comply with the conditions and execute the agreements\nnecessary, convenient, or desirable; and\n\n4. Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the respective purposes for\nwhich the department was created.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 223, \u00a7 2.1-63.2; 1974, c. 420, \u00a7 2.1-372; 1976, cc. 760,\n761, \u00a7\u00a7 2.1-114.4, 2.1-390; 1982, c. 345; 1984, cc. 728, 746, \u00a7\u00a7 2.1-563.16,\n2.1-708; 1985, cc. 72, 265, \u00a7 2.1-234.31; 1988, c. 839, \u00a7 2.1-738; 1995, c.\n357; 1996, c. 727; 1997, c. 858; 1998, c. 808; 1999, cc. 342, 412, 421, 433;\n2000, cc. 483, 491; 2001, c. 844.","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}}