General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 7 “State Facilities”, which is part of Subtitle II “Behavioral Health and Developmental Services”, which is part of Title 37.2 “Behavioral Health and Developmental Services”. It contains 17 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 17 sections.

§ 37.2-700	Construction of state facilities; razing buildings
§ 37.2-701	Examination of properties; certain property not to be declared surplus
§ 37.2-702	Separate state facilities for elderly individuals; free-standing state facilities authorized
§ 37.2-703	Commissioner to prescribe system of records, accounts, and reports; access to records, accounts, and reports
§ 37.2-704	Commissioner authorized to receive and expend social security and other federal payments for individuals receiving services in state facilities
§ 37.2-705	Private funds provided for individuals receiving services
§ 37.2-706	Disposal of unclaimed personal property of certain individuals in state facilities
§ 37.2-707	Employment and qualifications of directors of state facilities
§ 37.2-708	Salaries of directors and other employees of state facilities
§ 37.2-709	State facility reporting requirements
§ 37.2-709.1	State facility reporting requirements; critical incidents involving individuals receiving services
§ 37.2-710	State facility reporting requirements; Virginia Patient Level Data system
§ 37.2-711	Exchange of information
§ 37.2-712	Collection and dissemination of information concerning religious preferences and affiliations
§ 37.2-713	Residence of individuals in state facilities and school-age children in state facilities generally
§ 37.2-714	Children born in state facilities
§ 37.2-714.1	State facilities; video visitation