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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56242</law_id><section_number>22.1-289.034</section_number><catch_line>Barrier crime; construction</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-389</reference><reference>22.1-289.015</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14.1">Early Childhood Care and Education</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Background Checks</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For purposes of this chapter, <span class="dictionary">convictions</span> for any barrier <span class="dictionary">crime</span> as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled" href="/19.2-392.02/">19.2-392.02</a> shall include prior adult <span class="dictionary">convictions</span> and juvenile <span class="dictionary">convictions</span> or adjudications of delinquency based on a <span class="dictionary">crime</span> that would be a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> if committed by an adult within or outside the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 860, 861.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
