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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74547</law_id><section_number>37.2-309</section_number><catch_line>Department responsible for substance abuse services; office established; qualifications of staff</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="37.2">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">The Department and the Commissioner</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall be responsible for the administration, planning, and regulation of substance abuse services in the Commonwealth. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall establish an Office of Substance Abuse Services and employ a director and staff who shall have knowledge and experience in the field of substance abuse to carry out this responsibility. Each <span class="dictionary">substance abuse treatment</span> program shall provide data, statistics, <span class="dictionary">schedules</span>, and information that may be reasonably required to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>.</p></section></text><history>1976, cc. 739, 767, &#xA7;&#xA7; 37.1-204, 37.1-219; 1980, c. 582; 1998, c. 724; 2005, c. 716.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
