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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 623 and 857 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2002, chapter 718<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86115,"section_number":"10.1-1186.3","catch_line":"Additional powers of Boards and the Department; mediation; alternative dispute resolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1186.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":279027,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61439,"identifier":"8.01-581.21","token":"8.01\/21.2\/8.01-581.21","url":"\/8.01-581.21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-581.21\/","token":"8.01\/21.2\/8.01-581.21","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-581.21","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Mediation” means a process in which a mediator<\/span> facilitates communication between the parties and, without deciding the issues<\/span> or imposing a solution on the parties, enables them to understand and to reach a mutually agreeable resolution to their dispute.\n\t\t“Mediation program<\/span>” means a program through which mediators<\/span> or mediation is made available and includes the director, agents and employees of the program.\n\t\t“Mediator<\/span>” means an impartial third party<\/span> selected by agreement of the parties to a controversy to assist them in mediation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 8.01-581.21)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Mediation” means a process in which a mediator facilitates\ncommunication between the parties and, without deciding the issues or imposing a\nsolution on the parties, enables them to understand and to reach a mutually\nagreeable resolution to their dispute.\n\t\t“Mediation program” means a program through which mediators or\nmediation is made available and includes the director, agents and employees of\nthe program.\n\t\t“Mediator” means an impartial third party selected by agreement of\nthe parties to a controversy to assist them in mediation.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 623, 857; 2002, c. 718.","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}}