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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84509</law_id><section_number>2.2-3603</section_number><catch_line>Responsibilities of departments</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="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="36">State Government Volunteers Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each <span class="dictionary">department</span> utilizing the services of <span class="dictionary">volunteers</span> shall:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Take actions necessary and appropriate to develop meaningful opportunities for <span class="dictionary">volunteers</span> involved in its programs and to improve public services; <a id="paragraph-302881" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3603/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Develop written rules governing the recruitment, screening, training, responsibility, utilization and supervision of <span class="dictionary">volunteers</span>; <a id="paragraph-302882" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3603/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Take actions necessary to ensure that <span class="dictionary">volunteers</span> and paid staff understand their respective duties and responsibilities, their relationship to each other, and their respective roles in fulfilling the objectives of their <span class="dictionary">department</span>; <a id="paragraph-302883" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3603/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Take actions necessary and appropriate to ensure a receptive climate for citizen <span class="dictionary">volunteers</span>; <a id="paragraph-302884" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3603/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Provide for the recognition of <span class="dictionary">volunteers</span> who have offered exceptional service to the Commonwealth; and <a id="paragraph-302885" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3603/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Recognize prior <span class="dictionary">volunteer</span> service as partial fulfillment of state employment requirements for training and experience established by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Human Resource Management. <a id="paragraph-302886" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3603/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1977, c. 347, &#xA7; 2.1-557; 1979, c. 107; 1991, c. 563; 2000, cc. 66, 657; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
