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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61197</law_id><section_number>16.1-339.1</section_number><catch_line>Minors in detention homes or shelter care facilities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-339</reference><reference>16.1-340</reference><reference>16.1-340.1</reference><reference>16.1-341</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="16">Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> admitted to a <span class="dictionary">mental health facility</span> pursuant to this article was in a <span class="dictionary">detention home</span> or a <span class="dictionary">shelter care</span> facility at the time of his admission, the <span class="dictionary">director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">detention home</span> or <span class="dictionary">shelter care</span> facility or his designee shall provide, if available, the charges against the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> that are the basis of the detention and the names and addresses of the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">parents</span> and the juvenile and domestic relations district court ordering the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s placement in detention or <span class="dictionary">shelter care</span> to the <span class="dictionary">mental health facility</span> and to the juvenile and domestic relations district court for the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">mental health facility</span> is located if different from <span class="dictionary">the court</span> ordering the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s placement in detention or <span class="dictionary">shelter care</span>.</p></section></text><history>2009, cc. 455, 555.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
