                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BEHAVIORAL SERVICES UNIT; DIRECTOR AND PERSONNEL; EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN (§
66-19)

To assist in the performance of the duties imposed by § 66-18, the Department
shall maintain a behavioral services unit and employ as director thereof a
clinically competent person. The Department shall also employ such other
medical, technical and clinical personnel skilled in the diagnosis and treatment
of physical diseases or mental illnesses of children as may be desirable for the
operation of such unit. The personnel of the unit, when visiting the various
facilities maintained by the Department for the care of children committed to
the Department, shall conduct a thorough examination of each child at such
facilities not theretofore examined by the unit, and other children at the
facilities for whom such examination is indicated. Such examination shall be for
the purpose of determining, diagnosing and treating physical and learning
ailments or impairments and mental illnesses with a view to improving the
general functioning of such children and hastening their rehabilitation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 53-329, 63.1-244, 63-381, 63-384; 1954, c. 681; 1966,
c. 354; 1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-244;
1989, c. 733; 2012, cc. 476, 507.