General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 15 “Child Abuse and Neglect”, which is part of Subtitle III “Social Services Programs”, which is part of Title 63.2 “Welfare (Social Services)”. It contains 9 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 9 sections.

§ 63.2-1500	Repealed
§ 63.2-1501	Definitions
§ 63.2-1502	Establishment of Child-Protective Services Unit; duties
§ 63.2-1503	Local departments to establish child-protective services; duties
§ 63.2-1504	Child-protective services differential response system
§ 63.2-1505	Investigations by local departments
§ 63.2-1506	Family assessments by local departments
§ 63.2-1506.1	Human trafficking assessments by local departments
§ 63.2-1507	Cooperation by state entities