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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58639</law_id><section_number>53.1-12</section_number><catch_line>Divisions of Department; division heads</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="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Department of Corrections and Director of Corrections</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall establish in the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> such divisions and regional offices as may be necessary and shall appoint heads of these divisions and offices in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 29 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title; purpose" href="/2.2-2900/">2.2-2900</a> et seq.) of Title 2.2.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 53-19.11, 53-19.12; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1978, c. 555; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
