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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 553<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1463821,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367297,"identifier":"51.5-177.1","token":"51.5\/14\/11\/51.5-177.1","url":"\/51.5-177.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-177.1\/","token":"51.5\/14\/11\/51.5-177.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vocational rehabilitation and employment services for law-enforcement officers with a disability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-177.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall make information regarding vocational rehabilitation programs and employment services available to assist former law<\/span>-enforcement officers who have a disability as a result of their service with preparing for, obtaining, and maintaining suitable employment, including information on the types of programs available and the process by which former law<\/span>-enforcement officers who have a disability as a result of their service can access such programs and services, available to law<\/span>-enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every law<\/span>-enforcement agency in the Commonwealth shall provide to every law<\/span>-enforcement officer who separates from the agency due to a disability resulting from his service information regarding vocational rehabilitation programs and employment services available to assist former law<\/span>-enforcement officers who have a disability as a result of their service with preparing for, obtaining, and maintaining suitable employment, including information on the types of programs available and the process by which such law<\/span>-enforcement officers may access such programs and services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS\nWITH A DISABILITY (\u00a7 51.5-177.1)\n\nA. The Department shall make information regarding vocational rehabilitation\nprograms and employment services available to assist former law-enforcement\nofficers who have a disability as a result of their service with preparing for,\nobtaining, and maintaining suitable employment, including information on the\ntypes of programs available and the process by which former law-enforcement\nofficers who have a disability as a result of their service can access such\nprograms and services, available to law-enforcement agencies in the\nCommonwealth.\n\nB. Every law-enforcement agency in the Commonwealth shall provide to every\nlaw-enforcement officer who separates from the agency due to a disability\nresulting from his service information regarding vocational rehabilitation\nprograms and employment services available to assist former law-enforcement\nofficers who have a disability as a result of their service with preparing for,\nobtaining, and maintaining suitable employment, including information on the\ntypes of programs available and the process by which such law-enforcement\nofficers may access such programs and services.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 553.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}