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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 421 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a>; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0803\">803<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0835\">835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236745,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79374,"identifier":"51.5-162","token":"51.5\/14\/10\/51.5-162","url":"\/51.5-162\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-162\/","token":"51.5\/14\/10\/51.5-162","dublin_core":{"Title":"Independent living services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-162","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Independent living services provided pursuant to this article shall be provided in accordance with the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. \u00a7&nbsp;701 et seq.), as amended.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES (\u00a7 51.5-162)\n\nIndependent living services provided pursuant to this article shall be provided\nin accordance with the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. \u00a7 701 et\nseq.), as amended.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 421, \u00a7\u00a7 51.01-24, 51.5-24; 2003, c. 503; 2012, cc. 803, 835.","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}}