Code of Virginia - Title 51.5 Persons With Disabilities - Chapter 13 Department For The Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing

51.5-106 Board established; appointment, terms and qualifications of members; meetings; chairman
There is hereby continued an Advisory Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, for the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. The Board shall be ...

51.5-107 Powers and duties of Board
The Board shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To ensure the development of long-range programs and plans provided by the state and local ...

51.5-108 Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing continued
The Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing is continued. The Department shall be in the executive branch of the state government and shall be assigned ...

51.5-109 Director; appointment; compensation; qualifications
The Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and shall be paid such compensation as ...

51.5-110 Powers and duties of Director
A. The Director shall have the following duties and powers: 1. To supervise the administration of the Department; 2. To prepare, approve, and submit all ...

51.5-111 Persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing defined and categorized
For the purposes of this chapter, persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing include those who experience hearing losses that range from a mild hearing loss ...

51.5-112 Powers and duties of Department
The Department shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To develop a program to inform persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and the public ...

51.5-113 Statewide interpreter service
The Department is authorized to establish, maintain and coordinate a statewide service to provide courts, state and local legislative bodies and agencies, both public and ...

51.5-114 Gifts and donations; disposition of moneys received
The Department is authorized to receive such gifts and donations, either from public or private sources, as may be offered unconditionally or under such conditions ...

51.5-115 Telecommunications relay service; standards; funding.
A. As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, the term: "Operation" means those functions reasonably and directly necessary for the provision of ...