CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER (§ 37.2-800)

For the purposes of this chapter, whenever the term mental illness appears, it
shall include substance abuse. Whenever the term responsible person appears, it
shall include a family member as that term is defined in § 37.2-100, a
community services board or behavioral health authority, any treating physician
of the person, or a law-enforcement officer. Whenever the term community
services board or board appears, it shall include behavioral health authority.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-63; 1976, c. 671; 2005, c. 716; 2008, cc. 850,
870.