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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72398</law_id><section_number>37.2-607</section_number><catch_line>Background check required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-389</reference></referred_to_by><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="II">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Behavioral Health Authorities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">behavioral health authority</span> shall fulfill the duties of and be subject to the employee background check requirements that are applicable to <span class="dictionary">community services boards</span>, as set forth in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Background checks required; services for children and developmental services" href="/37.2-506/">37.2-506</a> and <a class="law" title="Background checks required; adult substance abuse and mental health services" href="/37.2-506.1/">37.2-506.1</a>.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 743, &#xA7; 37.1-197.2; 1998, cc. 130, 680, 882; 1999, c. 685; 2001, c. 784; 2002, c. 712; 2003, c. 468; 2005, c. 716; 2023, c. 236.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
