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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 335 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1976, chapter 671; in 1989, chapters 459 and 591; in 1992, chapter 603; in 1999, chapter 969<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":209867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69343,"identifier":"37.2-401","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/1\/37.2-401","url":"\/37.2-401\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-401\/","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/1\/37.2-401","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authorized representative prohibition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-401","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No employee of the Department<\/span>, a state hospital<\/span> or training center<\/span>, a community services board<\/span> or behavioral health authority<\/span>, a community services board<\/span> or behavioral health authority<\/span> contractor, or any other public or private program or facility<\/span> licensed or funded by the Department<\/span> shall serve as an authorized representative for an individual receiving services<\/span> in any state hospital<\/span> or training center<\/span>, community services board<\/span> or behavioral health authority<\/span>, community services board<\/span> or behavioral health authority<\/span> contractor, or other licensed or funded public or private program or facility<\/span>, unless the employee is a relative or legal guardian of the individual receiving services<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE PROHIBITION (\u00a7 37.2-401)\n\nNo employee of the Department, a state hospital or training center, a community\nservices board or behavioral health authority, a community services board or\nbehavioral health authority contractor, or any other public or private program\nor facility licensed or funded by the Department shall serve as an authorized\nrepresentative for an individual receiving services in any state hospital or\ntraining center, community services board or behavioral health authority,\ncommunity services board or behavioral health authority contractor, or other\nlicensed or funded public or private program or facility, unless the employee is\na relative or legal guardian of the individual receiving services.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 335, \u00a7 37.1-84.1; 1976, c. 671; 1989, cc. 459, 591; 1992, c.\n603; 1999, c. 969; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.","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}}