CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT AND BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES (§ 15.2-835)

The superintendent of social services, who shall be head of the department of
social services, shall be chosen from a list of eligibles furnished by the State
Department of Social Services. Such person shall exercise the powers conferred
and perform the duties imposed by general law upon the county board of social
services, not inconsistent herewith. Such person shall also perform such other
duties as the board imposes upon him.The board shall select at least five and
not more than eleven qualified county citizens, one of whom may be a member of
the urban county board of supervisors, who shall constitute the county board of
social services. Such board shall advise and cooperate with the department of
social services and may adopt necessary rules and regulations not in conflict
with law concerning such department.As provided for in Chapters 2 (§ 63.2-200
et seq.) and 3 (§ 63.2-300 et seq.) of Title 63.2, the urban county board of
supervisors in its discretion may designate either the superintendent of social
services or the above-mentioned county board of social services as the local
board. If the urban county board of supervisors designates the superintendent of
social services as constituting the local board, the county board of social
services shall serve in an advisory capacity to such officer with respect to the
duties and functions imposed upon him by law.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-384.55; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-768; 1972,
c. 73; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1980, c. 62; 1981, c. 483; 1992, c. 524; 1997, c. 587.