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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56828</law_id><section_number>53.1-178</section_number><catch_line>Director to establish standards</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>60.2-528</reference></referred_to_by><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="5">Community Correctional Facilities and Programs</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Community Facilities for Parolees and Probationers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall establish minimum standards for the operation of the facilities authorized by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Authority of Director; establishment of halfway houses; employment of personnel" href="/53.1-177/">53.1-177</a>. The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall maintain a list of approved halfway houses.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-128.5; 1968, c. 298; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1978, c. 492; 1982, c. 636; 2020, c. 759.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
