Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Corrections

State Board of Local and Regional Jails

Regulations Governing Certification and Inspection [6 VAC 15 ‑ 20]

Action:

Amend Regulations Governing Certification and Inspection of local jails, state correctional facilities, residential centers, probation and parole offices under the authority of the Board of Corrections.

General Information

Action Summary	Proposed revisions will amend existing certification and inspection standards to update definitions and terminology; redirect authority to set and adjust audit schedules, determine compliance decisions and grant extensions; standardize submission of variance requests for local and state correctional facilities; and reduce the time limit for a completed audit to be forwarded to the Board.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Executive Branch Review	This action will go through the normal Executive Branch Review process.
RIS Project	Yes [000560]
New Periodic Review	This action will not be used to conduct a new periodic review.

Stages

Stages associated with this regulatory action.

Stage ID	Stage Type	Status
3280	NOIRA	Stage complete. Comment period ended 12/28/2005.
3523	Proposed	Stage complete. Comment period ended 09/08/2006.
3845	Final	Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 08/09/2007.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	Colleen Maxwell / Policy Analyst
Address:	Board of Local and Regional Jails VADOC Headquarters, 6900 Atmore Drive Richmond, VA 23225
Email Address:	colleen.maxwell@vadoc.virginia.gov
Phone:	(804)887-8445 FAX: (804)674-3587 TDD: ()-

This person is the primary contact for this chapter.