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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 435<\/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":58930,"section_number":"32.1-127.1:03","catch_line":"Health records privacy","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-127.1_03\/"}],"permalink":{"id":279631,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65951,"identifier":"8.01-697","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-697","url":"\/8.01-697\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-697\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-697","dublin_core":{"Title":"Access to Department of Corrections records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-697","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All records maintained by the Department of Corrections in the name of individual prisoners, including prisoner medical records, shall be the property of the Department. Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 32.1-127.1:03<\/a>, in any civil suit<\/span> subject to this chapter, where the Commonwealth, an agency of the Commonwealth, an employee of the Commonwealth, or a private contractor providing services to the Department of Corrections is named as a defendant<\/span>, the Director of the Department may share any records maintained by the Department in the name of the prisoner filing suit<\/span> with counsel<\/span> representing the above-named defendants<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCESS TO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RECORDS (\u00a7 8.01-697)\n\nAll records maintained by the Department of Corrections in the name of\nindividual prisoners, including prisoner medical records, shall be the property\nof the Department. Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 32.1-127.1:03, in any\ncivil suit subject to this chapter, where the Commonwealth, an agency of the\nCommonwealth, an employee of the Commonwealth, or a private contractor providing\nservices to the Department of Corrections is named as a defendant, the Director\nof the Department may share any records maintained by the Department in the name\nof the prisoner filing suit with counsel representing the above-named\ndefendants.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 435.","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}}