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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 933<\/a> and 945<\/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 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59817,"section_number":"23.1-1022","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; election by certain covered employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1022\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77104,"section_number":"27-40.1","catch_line":"Presumption as to death or disability from respiratory diseases, hypertension or heart disease","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-40.1\/"},{"id":56937,"section_number":"51.1-813","catch_line":"Disability resulting from activities in discharge of official duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-813\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75091,"identifier":"23.1-1024","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1024","url":"\/23.1-1024\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1024\/","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1024","dublin_core":{"Title":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; miscellaneous personnel matters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1024","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each covered institution<\/span> shall base all appointments, promotions, and tenure decisions upon merit and fitness, to be ascertained, as far as possible, by the competitive rating of qualifications by that institution. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No establishment of a position or rate of pay or change in rate of pay shall become effective except on order<\/span> of the appointing covered institution<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No current or prospective participating covered employee<\/span> of any covered institution<\/span> shall be required, as a condition of employment, to smoke or use tobacco products on the job or abstain from smoking or using tobacco products outside the course of his employment, provided that this subsection shall not apply to those classes of employees to which § 27-40.1<\/a> or 51.1-813<\/a> is applicable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOVERED INSTITUTIONS; OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY; HUMAN RESOURCES; MISCELLANEOUS\nPERSONNEL MATTERS (\u00a7 23.1-1024)\n\nA. Each covered institution shall base all appointments, promotions, and tenure\ndecisions upon merit and fitness, to be ascertained, as far as possible, by the\ncompetitive rating of qualifications by that institution.\n\nB. No establishment of a position or rate of pay or change in rate of pay shall\nbecome effective except on order of the appointing covered institution.\n\nC. No current or prospective participating covered employee of any covered\ninstitution shall be required, as a condition of employment, to smoke or use\ntobacco products on the job or abstain from smoking or using tobacco products\noutside the course of his employment, provided that this subsection shall not\napply to those classes of employees to which § 27-40.1 or 51.1-813 is\napplicable.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 933, 945, \u00a7 23-38.118; 2016, c. 588.","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}}