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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 733 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1990, chapter 679; in 1996, chapters 755<\/a> and 914<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 164<\/a>, 456<\/a>, 803<\/a>, and 835<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 366<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 526<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86741,"section_number":"66-25.4","catch_line":"State juvenile correctional facilities; private contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-25.4\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62593,"section_number":"66-25.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-25.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276803,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61381,"identifier":"66-10","token":"66\/1\/66-10","url":"\/66-10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/66-10\/","token":"66\/1\/66-10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 66-10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall have the following powers and duties:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> To establish and monitor policies for the programs and facilities for which the Department<\/span> is responsible under this law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To ensure the development of a long-range youth services policy. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> To monitor the activities of the Department<\/span> and its effectiveness in implementing the policies developed by the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> To advise the Governor and Director<\/span> on matters relating to youth services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> To promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and other laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> To ensure the development of programs to educate citizens and elicit public support for the activities of the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> To establish length-of-stay<\/span> guidelines for juveniles indeterminately committed to the Department<\/span> and to make such guidelines available for public comment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> To adopt all necessary regulations for the management and operation of the schools in the Department<\/span> except that the regulations adopted hereunder shall not conflict with regulations relating to security of the institutions in which the juveniles are committed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> To establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced training standards, as well as the time required for completion of such training, for persons employed as juvenile correctional officers employed at a juvenile correctional facility as defined in § 66-25.3<\/a>. For such juvenile correctional officers who may have contact with pregnant inmates, such standards shall include training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of restraints on pregnant inmates and fetuses, the impact of being placed in restrictive housing or solitary confinement on pregnant inmates, and the impact of body cavity searches on pregnant inmates. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD (\u00a7 66-10)\n\nThe Board shall have the following powers and duties:\n\n1. To establish and monitor policies for the programs and facilities for which\nthe Department is responsible under this law.\n\n2. To ensure the development of a long-range youth services policy.\n\n3. To monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in\nimplementing the policies developed by the Board.\n\n4. To advise the Governor and Director on matters relating to youth services.\n\n5. To promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the\nprovisions of this title and other laws of the Commonwealth.\n\n6. To ensure the development of programs to educate citizens and elicit public\nsupport for the activities of the Department.\n\n7. To establish length-of-stay guidelines for juveniles indeterminately\ncommitted to the Department and to make such guidelines available for public\ncomment.\n\n8. To adopt all necessary regulations for the management and operation of the\nschools in the Department except that the regulations adopted hereunder shall\nnot conflict with regulations relating to security of the institutions in which\nthe juveniles are committed.\n\n9. To establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced\ntraining standards, as well as the time required for completion of such\ntraining, for persons employed as juvenile correctional officers employed at a\njuvenile correctional facility as defined in § 66-25.3. For such juvenile\ncorrectional officers who may have contact with pregnant inmates, such standards\nshall include training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of\nrestraints on pregnant inmates and fetuses, the impact of being placed in\nrestrictive housing or solitary confinement on pregnant inmates, and the impact\nof body cavity searches on pregnant inmates.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 733; 1990, c. 679; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 2012, cc. 164, 456,\n803, 835; 2019, c. 366; 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}}