Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org3529402.2-3400Definitions2026Administration of GovernmentAdministration of State GovernmentGeneral ProvisionsInterpreters for the Deaf in Agency Proceedings

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

“Agency” means any state board, department, commission, agency or other unit of state government except a county, city, town or any agency thereof.

“Deaf person” means any person whose hearing is so seriously impaired as to prohibit the person from understanding oral communications spoken in a normal conversational tone.

1978, c. 602, § 2.1-570; 2001, c. 844.