                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER; DELEGATION TO BOARD; LIABILITY (§ 37.2-916)

For the purposes of carrying out the duties of this chapter, the Commissioner
may appoint an advisory board composed of persons with demonstrated expertise in
such matters. The Department shall assist the board in its administrative and
technical duties. The membership of the board shall include (i) a citizen
appointed by the Commissioner, (ii) a psychiatrist or psychologist licensed to
practice in the Commonwealth who is skilled in the diagnosis of mental
abnormalities and personality disorders associated with violent sex offenders
and who is a full-time employee of the Department of Corrections, to be
appointed by its director, (iii) a member of the Department of State Police, and
(iv) such other members as deemed appropriate by the Commissioner. Members of
the board shall exercise their powers and duties without compensation, except
that members of the board who are not state employees shall be reimbursed by the
Department for their approved travel expenses to the meetings of this board at
the approved state rate. Members of the board shall be immune from personal
liability while acting within the scope of their duties except for intentional
misconduct.

HISTORY: 1999, cc. 946, 985, § 37.1-70.17; 2001, c. 776; 2005, c. 716.