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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections
Agency 15. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
Chapter 20. Regulations Governing Certification and Inspection
12/31/2024

6VAC15-20-190. Board action on inspection results.

A. Inspection results shall be reported by the Compliance and Accreditation Unit local facilities supervisor to the board on a monthly basis and deficiencies not corrected will be reported as life, health and safety alerts.

B. The results of all inspections conducted shall be reported to the board.

C. The board shall be notified immediately of all life, health and safety alerts, including denial of access. Upon review of alert deficiencies, the Board of Corrections chairman, or in his absence the vice chairman, may change the certification status of the facility in question.

D. Board actions taken in response to inspection results shall be as described in 6VAC15-20-100.

Statutory Authority

§ 53.1-5 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 17, eff. July 1, 1997; amended, Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 22, eff. August 9, 2007; Errata, 35:6 VA.R. 1008 November 12, 2018.

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