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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0273\">273<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0861\">861<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":272189,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56996,"identifier":"63.2-1706.1","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/1\/63.2-1706.1","url":"\/63.2-1706.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1706.1\/","token":"63.2\/IV\/17\/1\/63.2-1706.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspections of child welfare agencies; prioritization","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1706.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall prioritize inspections of <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> welfare agencies in the following <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>: (i) inspections conducted in response to a complaint involving a <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> welfare agency and (ii) inspections of <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> welfare agencies that are not conducted in response to a complaint.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTIONS OF CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES; PRIORITIZATION (\u00a7 63.2-1706.1)\n\nThe Commissioner shall prioritize inspections of child welfare agencies in the\nfollowing order: (i) inspections conducted in response to a complaint involving\na child welfare agency and (ii) inspections of child welfare agencies that are\nnot conducted in response to a complaint.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 273; 2020, cc. 860, 861.","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}}