                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MENTAL ILLNESS AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (§ 16.1-278.11)

In cases involving a person who is involuntarily admitted because of a mental
illness or is judicially certified as eligible for admission to a training
center for persons with intellectual disability, disposition shall be in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8 (§ 37.2-800 et seq.) of Title 37.2.
A child shall not be committed pursuant to §§ 16.1-278.2 through 16.1-278.8 or
the provisions of Title 37.2 to a maximum security unit within any state
hospital where adults determined to be criminally insane reside.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 534; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.