2010 Code of Virginia
Title 16.1 - COURTS NOT OF RECORD.
Chapter 11 - Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts (16.1-226 thru 16.1-361)
16.1-278.11 - Mental illness and mental retardation.
§ 16.1-278.11. Mental illness and mental retardation.
In cases involving a person who is involuntarily admitted because of a mental illness or is judicially certified as eligible for admission to a training center for persons with mental retardation, disposition shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 1 (§ 37.2-100 et seq.) and 8 (§ 37.2-800 et seq.) of Title 37.2. A child shall not be committed pursuant to §§ 16.1-278.2 through 16.1-278.8 or the provisions of Title 37.2 to a maximum security unit within any state hospital where adults determined to be criminally insane reside.
(1991, c. 534; 2005, c. 716.)
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