§ 66-23. Authority of superintendents with regard to application for operator’s licenses and employment certificates
The superintendents of facilities established by the Department shall have the authority, commensurate with that of a parent in like cases, to give consent for those children placed in their respective facilities to (i) application for a motor vehicle operator’s license and (ii) issuance of an employment certificate. Code 1950, § 53-334; 1977, c. 643; […]
§ 66-21. Superintendents and agents of facilities to have powers of sheriff
The superintendents of the facilities established by the Department pursuant to § 66-13 and their authorized agents shall have the powers of a sheriff for the purpose of preserving order at their facilities and for the conveyance of children committed to their care to and from such facilities. Code 1950, §§ 53-332, 63-371, 63.1-247; 1968, […]
§ 66-22. Daily and additional allowance to children
The Director may allow every child in any facility established by the Department a daily allowance in an amount established by the Board. Additional allowance may be made by the Director to provide necessary funds for incidental needs for required activities in schools, foster care and other special placements for other special activities that such […]
§ 66-18. Examination and placing of such children
The Department shall make a careful physical and mental examination of every child committed to it by the courts, investigate the personal and family history of the child and his environment, and place such children at such facilities as are available. Any children committed to the Department and afterwards found to be eligible for commitment […]
§ 66-19. Behavioral services unit; director and personnel; examination of children
To assist in the performance of the duties imposed by § 66-18, the Department shall maintain a behavioral services unit and employ as director thereof a clinically competent person. The Department shall also employ such other medical, technical and clinical personnel skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of physical diseases or mental illnesses of children […]
§ 66-20. Observation and treatment of children with mental illness or developmental disabilities
After commitment of any child to the Department, if the Department finds, as a result of psychiatric examinations and case study, that such child has mental illness or a developmental disability, it shall be the duty of the Department to obtain treatment for the child’s mental condition. If the Department determines that transfer to a […]
§ 66-14. Allowance for maintenance of children placed by Commonwealth in private homes, etc.
For the maintenance of each child committed to the custody of the Department pursuant to subdivision A 14 of § 16.1-278.8 and placed in a private home or in a facility other than one operated by the Commonwealth, there shall be paid a per diem allowance which shall be established by the Department from funds […]
§ 66-15. Schedules of per diem cost of maintenance in detention homes; reimbursements of cities and counties
The Department shall establish schedules setting forth the per diem cost to each locality for maintaining a child in a detention home. In accordance with the schedule, the Department, in addition to all other reimbursements on account of such detention homes, shall reimburse each city or county for the cost of maintaining in such homes […]
§ 66-16. Acceptance and expenditure of certain funds for children committed to Department
The Department is authorized to accept and expend for the benefit of any child committed to it, or for reimbursement purposes, any funds made available from any source, solely for the current maintenance and support of any such child, whether such funds be provided by the child’s parents, or other person, or by the U.S. […]
§ 66-17. Disposition of property left by child
If any child, having been in the custody of the Department by virtue of § 16.1-278.8, upon being released or having escaped therefrom leaves any personal property valued at less than $100 in the custody of the Department for six months after his release or escape, the Director may sell such personal property at public […]