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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 726<\/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":73078,"section_number":"22.1-79.3","catch_line":"Policies regarding certain activities","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-79.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73078,"section_number":"22.1-79.3","catch_line":"Policies regarding certain activities","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-79.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":201819,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70607,"identifier":"32.1-73.8","token":"32.1\/2\/15\/32.1-73.8","url":"\/32.1-73.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-73.8\/","token":"32.1\/2\/15\/32.1-73.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Youth health risk behavior survey","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-73.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall, in cooperation with the Department<\/span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, develop and administer a survey of students to facilitate planning and implementation of effective programs for the prevention of substance abuse through collection of data and information to (i) identify trends in the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and (ii) assess the prevalence of risk and protective factors among the youth of the Commonwealth. In developing such survey, the Department<\/span> may utilize all or part of an existing survey designed to collect such information developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The survey shall be anonymous and administered in a manner designed to protect students’ privacy. Schools shall be randomly selected for participation in the survey. Schools selected to participate in the survey shall notify students and parents pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-79.3<\/a>. A student whose parents have refused to consent to the student’s participation in the survey as provided in \u00a7 22.1-79.3<\/a> shall not be required to participate in the survey.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nYOUTH HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY (\u00a7 32.1-73.8)\n\nThe Department shall, in cooperation with the Department of Behavioral Health\nand Developmental Services and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, develop\nand administer a survey of students to facilitate planning and implementation of\neffective programs for the prevention of substance abuse through collection of\ndata and information to (i) identify trends in the use of alcohol, tobacco, and\nother drugs and (ii) assess the prevalence of risk and protective factors among\nthe youth of the Commonwealth. In developing such survey, the Department may\nutilize all or part of an existing survey designed to collect such information\ndeveloped by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The survey shall be\nanonymous and administered in a manner designed to protect students’\nprivacy. Schools shall be randomly selected for participation in the survey.\nSchools selected to participate in the survey shall notify students and parents\npursuant to \u00a7 22.1-79.3. A student whose parents have refused to consent to the\nstudent’s participation in the survey as provided in \u00a7 22.1-79.3 shall\nnot be required to participate in the survey.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 726.","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}}