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Statutes > Virginia > Title-9-1 > Chapter-1 > 9-1-151§ 9.1-151. Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program; appointment of advisorycommittee.
A. There is established a Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program (the"Program") that shall be administered by the Department. The Program shallprovide services in accordance with this article to children who are subjectsof judicial proceedings involving allegations that the child is abused,neglected, in need of services or in need of supervision, and for whom thejuvenile and domestic relations district court judge determines such servicesare appropriate. The Department shall adopt regulations necessary andappropriate for the administration of the Program.
B. The Board shall appoint an Advisory Committee to the Court-AppointedSpecial Advocate Program, consisting of fifteen members, knowledgeable ofcourt matters, child welfare and juvenile justice issues and representativeof both state and local interests. The duties of the Advisory Committee shallbe to advise the Board on all matters relating to the Program and the needsof the clients served by the Program, and to make such recommendations as itmay deem desirable.
(1990, c. 752, § 9-173.6; 1994, c. 24; 2001, c. 844.)
