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The Board<\/span> may appoint and employ an executive director<\/span> and such other persons as it deems necessary to assist it in carrying out its duties. The Board<\/span> may determine the duties of such staff and fix their salaries or compensation within the amounts appropriate therefor. The duties of the executive director<\/span> shall include management of (i) inspections and audits of local, regional, or community correctional facilities conducted pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-68<\/a> and (ii) reviews of the deaths of inmates that occur in any local, regional, or community correctional facility<\/span> conducted pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-69.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; STAFF; COMPENSATION (\u00a7 53.1-6.1)\n\nThe Board may appoint and employ an executive director and such other persons as\nit deems necessary to assist it in carrying out its duties. The Board may\ndetermine the duties of such staff and fix their salaries or compensation within\nthe amounts appropriate therefor. The duties of the executive director shall\ninclude management of (i) inspections and audits of local, regional, or\ncommunity correctional facilities conducted pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-68 and (ii)\nreviews of the deaths of inmates that occur in any local, regional, or community\ncorrectional facility conducted pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-69.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 759.","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}}