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The Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Human Resource Management, in consultation with the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, shall develop training information to be distributed to employers. The employer shall be responsible for providing the training. 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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 535<\/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 3 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 2014, chapters 115<\/a> and 490<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 677<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 439<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63124,"section_number":"64.2-200","catch_line":"Course of descents generally; right of Commonwealth if no other heir","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-200\/"},{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"},{"id":60273,"section_number":"9.1-402","catch_line":"Payments to beneficiaries of certain deceased law-enforcement officers, firefighters, etc., and retirees","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-402\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285373,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56255,"identifier":"9.1-407","token":"9.1\/4\/9.1-407","url":"\/9.1-407\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-407\/","token":"9.1\/4\/9.1-407","dublin_core":{"Title":"Training","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-407","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any employee entitled to benefits under this chapter shall receive training within 30 days of his employment, and again every two years thereafter, concerning the benefits available to himself or his beneficiary in case of disability or death in the line of duty. The Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Human Resource Management, in consultation with the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, shall develop training information to be distributed to employers. The employer shall be responsible for providing the training. Such training shall not count toward in-service training requirements for law<\/span>-enforcement officers pursuant to \u00a7 9.1-102<\/a> and shall include, but not be limited to, the general rules for intestate succession described in \u00a7 64.2-200<\/a> that may be applicable to the distribution of benefits provided under \u00a7 9.1-402<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRAINING (\u00a7 9.1-407)\n\nAny employee entitled to benefits under this chapter shall receive training\nwithin 30 days of his employment, and again every two years thereafter,\nconcerning the benefits available to himself or his beneficiary in case of\ndisability or death in the line of duty. The Virginia Retirement System and the\nDepartment of Human Resource Management, in consultation with the Secretary of\nPublic Safety and Homeland Security, shall develop training information to be\ndistributed to employers. The employer shall be responsible for providing the\ntraining. Such training shall not count toward in-service training requirements\nfor law-enforcement officers pursuant to \u00a7 9.1-102 and shall include, but not\nbe limited to, the general rules for intestate succession described in \u00a7\n64.2-200 that may be applicable to the distribution of benefits provided under\n\u00a7 9.1-402.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 535; 2014, cc. 115, 490; 2016, c. 677; 2017, c. 439.","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}}