                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 52-34.10)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Critically missing adult&#8221; means an adult, including an adult who
has a developmental disability, intellectual disability, or mental illness as
those terms are defined in § 37.2-100, 18 years of age or older whose
whereabouts are unknown and whose disappearance poses a credible threat as
determined by a law-enforcement agency to the health and safety of the adult and
under such other circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State
Police.
		&#8220;Critically missing adult alert&#8221; means the notice of a critically
missing adult provided to the public by the media or other methods under a
Critically Missing Adult Alert Agreement.
		&#8220;Critically Missing Adult Alert Agreement&#8221; means a voluntary
agreement between law-enforcement officials and members of the media whereby an
adult will be declared missing, and the public will be notified by media
outlets, and includes all other incidental conditions of the partnership as
found appropriate by the Virginia State Police.
		&#8220;Critically Missing Adult Alert Program&#8221; means the procedures and
Critically Missing Adult Alert Agreements to aid in the identification and
location of a critically missing adult.
		&#8220;Media&#8221; means print, radio, television, and Internet-based
communication systems or other methods of communicating information to the
public.

HISTORY: 2018, c. 397; 2022, cc. 394, 395.