                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRAINING STANDARDS; TRAINING PREREQUISITE TO REAPPOINTMENT; WAIVER (§
19.2-38.1)

The Committee on District Courts shall establish minimum training and
certification standards for magistrates in accordance with such rules and
regulations as may be established by the Committee. Every magistrate shall
comply with these standards and shall complete the minimum training standards as
a prerequisite for continuing to serve as magistrate beyond the nine-month
probationary period as established by § 19.2-38. The Committee on District
Courts upon request may waive any portion of the minimum training standards for
an individual magistrate.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 505; 1985, c. 132; 1995, c. 611; 2008, cc. 551, 691.