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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57679</law_id><section_number>16.1-309.10</section_number><catch_line>Visitation and management of detention homes; other facilities; reports of superintendent</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-318</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12.1">Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In the event that a <span class="dictionary">detention home</span>, group home or other residential care facility for children in need of services or delinquent or alleged delinquent youth is established by a county, city, or any combination thereof, it shall be subject to visitation, inspection and regulation by the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> or its agents, and shall be furnished and operated so far as possible as a family home under the management of a superintendent. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to furnish the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> such reports and other statistical data relating to the operation of such <span class="dictionary">detention homes</span>, group homes or other residential care facilities for children in need of services or delinquent or alleged delinquent youth as may be required by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>.</p></section></text><history>1995, cc. 698, 840.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
