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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0743\">743<\/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 7 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 1998, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0130\">130<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0680\">680<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0882\">882<\/a>; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0685\">685<\/a>; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0784\">784<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0468\">468<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0716\">716<\/a>; in 2023, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0236\">236<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81089,"section_number":"19.2-389","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Dissemination of criminal history record information","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-389\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75347,"section_number":"37.2-506","catch_line":"Background checks required; services for children and developmental services","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-506\/"},{"id":61726,"section_number":"37.2-506.1","catch_line":"Background checks required; adult substance abuse and mental health services","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-506.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210117,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72398,"identifier":"37.2-607","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-607","url":"\/37.2-607\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-607\/","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-607","dublin_core":{"Title":"Background check required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-607","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">behavioral health authority<\/span> shall fulfill the duties of and be subject to the employee background check requirements that are applicable to <span class=\"dictionary\">community services boards<\/span>, as set forth in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Background checks required; services for children and developmental services\" href=\"\/37.2-506\/\">37.2-506<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Background checks required; adult substance abuse and mental health services\" href=\"\/37.2-506.1\/\">37.2-506.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED (\u00a7 37.2-607)\n\nA behavioral health authority shall fulfill the duties of and be subject to the\nemployee background check requirements that are applicable to community services\nboards, as set forth in \u00a7\u00a7 37.2-506 and 37.2-506.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 743, \u00a7 37.1-197.2; 1998, cc. 130, 680, 882; 1999, c. 685;\n2001, c. 784; 2002, c. 712; 2003, c. 468; 2005, c. 716; 2023, c. 236.","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}}