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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 213 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1980, chapter 582; in 1999, chapter 576<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 565<\/a> and 610<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 271<\/a> and 572<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a>, 507<\/a>, and 847<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 571<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64169,"section_number":"51.5-39.13","catch_line":"Conversion of the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy to a nonprofit entity","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-39.13\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210193,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62735,"identifier":"37.2-709","token":"37.2\/II\/7\/1\/37.2-709","url":"\/37.2-709\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-709\/","token":"37.2\/II\/7\/1\/37.2-709","dublin_core":{"Title":"State facility reporting requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-709","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each director of a state<\/span> facility<\/span> shall notify the Director of the Commonwealth’s designated protection and advocacy system, established pursuant to \u00a7 51.5-39.13<\/a>, in writing within 48 hours of critical incidents or deaths of individuals<\/span> receiving services in the state<\/span> facility<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE FACILITY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7 37.2-709)\n\nEach director of a state facility shall notify the Director of the\nCommonwealth’s designated protection and advocacy system, established\npursuant to \u00a7 51.5-39.13, in writing within 48 hours of critical incidents or\ndeaths of individuals receiving services in the state facility.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 213, \u00a7 37.1-42.2; 1980, c. 582; 1999, c. 576; 2000, cc. 565,\n610; 2002, cc. 271, 572; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507, 847; 2013, c. 571.","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}}