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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 602 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1403383,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352940,"identifier":"2.2-3400","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/34\/2.2-3400","url":"\/2.2-3400\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3400\/","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/34\/2.2-3400","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3400","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“Agency<\/span>” means any state board, department, commission, agency<\/span> or other unit of state government except a county, city, town or any agency<\/span> thereof.<\/p>

“Deaf person<\/span>” means any person whose hearing<\/span> is so seriously impaired as to prohibit the person from understanding oral communications spoken in a normal conversational tone.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 2.2-3400)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Agency” means any state board, department, commission, agency or\nother unit of state government except a county, city, town or any agency\nthereof.\n\n“Deaf person” means any person whose hearing is so seriously\nimpaired as to prohibit the person from understanding oral communications spoken\nin a normal conversational tone.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 602, \u00a7 2.1-570; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}