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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 543 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1978, chapter 603; in 1983, chapter 440; in 1984, chapter 670; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84502,"identifier":"51.5-109","token":"51.5\/13\/51.5-109","url":"\/51.5-109\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-109\/","token":"51.5\/13\/51.5-109","dublin_core":{"Title":"Director; appointment; compensation; qualifications","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-109","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and shall be paid such compensation as the Governor may fix.\n\t\tThe Director may be either a person who is deaf or hard-of-hearing<\/span> or one with normal hearing<\/span>, but shall be a trained professional who is experienced in problems of the deaf and hard-of-hearing<\/span> and skilled in the use of manual communication, commonly referred to as sign language.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDIRECTOR; APPOINTMENT; COMPENSATION; QUALIFICATIONS (\u00a7 51.5-109)\n\nThe Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department who shall serve at the\npleasure of the Governor and shall be paid such compensation as the Governor may\nfix.\n\t\tThe Director may be either a person who is deaf or hard-of-hearing or one with\nnormal hearing, but shall be a trained professional who is experienced in\nproblems of the deaf and hard-of-hearing and skilled in the use of manual\ncommunication, commonly referred to as sign language.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 543, \u00a7 63.1-85.2; 1978, c. 603; 1983, c. 440; 1984, c. 670;\n2002, c. 747.","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}}