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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0526\">526<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238095,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63986,"identifier":"53.1-40.15","token":"53.1\/2\/2.2\/53.1-40.15","url":"\/53.1-40.15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-40.15\/","token":"53.1\/2\/2.2\/53.1-40.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Training of correctional facility employees regarding pregnant inmates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-40.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For <span class=\"dictionary\">correctional officers<\/span>, and juvenile <span class=\"dictionary\">correctional officers<\/span> who may have contact with pregnant inmates, the compulsory minimum entry-level training standards established pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department\" href=\"\/9.1-102\/\">9.1-102<\/a> shall include training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of <span class=\"dictionary\">restraints<\/span> on pregnant inmates and fetuses, the impact of being placed in <span class=\"dictionary\">restrictive housing<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">solitary confinement<\/span> on pregnant inmates, and the impact of body cavity searches on pregnant inmates.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRAINING OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITY EMPLOYEES REGARDING PREGNANT INMATES (\u00a7\n53.1-40.15)\n\nFor correctional officers, and juvenile correctional officers who may have\ncontact with pregnant inmates, the compulsory minimum entry-level training\nstandards established pursuant to \u00a7 9.1-102 shall include training on the\ngeneral care of pregnant women, the impact of restraints on pregnant inmates and\nfetuses, the impact of being placed in restrictive housing or solitary\nconfinement on pregnant inmates, and the impact of body cavity searches on\npregnant inmates.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 526.","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}}