Code of Virginia - Title 23 Educational Institutions - Section 23-232 Establishment authorized; employment of officers

§ 23-232. Establishment authorized; employment of officers

A. The governing board of each public institution of higher learning named in § 23-14, hereafter sometimes referred to in this chapter as "institution," is authorized to establish a campus police department and to employ campus police officers and auxiliary forces upon appointment as provided in §§ 23-233 and 23-233.1. Such employment shall be governed by the Virginia Personnel Act, as set forth in Chapter 29 (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2.

B. The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority shall be authorized to employ police officers and auxiliary forces as provided in this chapter and in § 23-50.15:11, except that the employment of such officers and forces shall not be governed by the Virginia Personnel Act.

(1977, c. 79; 1991, c. 711; 1996, cc. 905, 1046; 2000, c. 720.)

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