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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55116</law_id><section_number>2.2-309.4</section_number><catch_line>Additional powers and duties; juvenile justice</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Office of the Governor</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Office of the State Inspector General</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The definitions found in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/66-12/">66-12</a> shall apply <span class="dictionary">mutatis mutandis</span> to the terms used in this section. <a id="paragraph-202091" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-309.4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition to the duties set forth in this chapter, the State Inspector General shall review, comment on, and make recommendations about, as appropriate, any reports prepared by the Department of Juvenile Justice and any critical incident data collected by the Department of Juvenile Justice in accordance with regulations adopted to identify <span class="dictionary">issues</span> related to quality of care, seclusion and restraint, medication usage, abuse and neglect, staff recruitment and training, and other systemic <span class="dictionary">issues</span>. <a id="paragraph-202092" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-309.4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant the <span class="dictionary">Office</span> any authority over the operation and security of detention homes that is not specified in other provisions of <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-202093" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-309.4/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, cc. 717, 723; 2014, c. 788.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
