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Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
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TITLE 37.2. Behavioral Health and Developmental Services |
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SUBTITLE 3. Admissions and Dispositions |
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CHAPTER 8. Emergency Custody and Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions |
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ARTICLE 6. Transportation of Admitted Persons; Detention By Sheriff; Escape; Transfers |
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SECTION 37.2-832. Persons with mental illness not to be confined in cells with criminals |
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In no case shall any sheriff or jailer confine any person with mental illness in a cell or room with prisoners charged with or convicted of crimes. Code 1950, § 37-81; 1950, p. 908; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-74; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 2005, c. 716 . |