CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-3800)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different
meaning:”Dealer” means any person that acquires nursery stock for
the purpose of resale and distribution who is not a grower of nursery
stock.”Inspection certificate” means a document in any form issued
by the Commissioner, or the appropriate official from another state, declaring
an item or location to be apparently free from plant pests. Inspection
certificates include nursery stock certificates, phytosanitary stock
certificates, state-of-origin certificates, or any other certification tags,
seals, and stamps that verify compliance with this chapter or any regulations
adopted hereunder.”Nursery” means any premises where nursery stock
is propagated, grown, fumigated, treated, packed, stored, or otherwise prepared
for sale or distribution.”Nursery stock” means all trees, shrubs,
woody vines (including ornamentals), bush fruits, grapevines, fruit trees, and
nut trees offered for sale and distribution; all buds, grafts, scions, and
cuttings from such plants; and any container, soil, and other packing material
with such plants or plant products. It shall also mean herbaceous plants
(including strawberry plants, narcissus plants, and narcissus bulbs) if the
Board determines that controlling the movement of such plants or bulbs is
necessary to control any plant pest. Unless designated by the Board, nursery
stock shall not include florist or greenhouse plants for inside culture or
use.”Nurseryman” means any person that produces nursery stock for
sale or distribution.”Person” means the term as defined in § 1-230.
The term also means any society.”Plant pest” means any living stage
of insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, other invertebrate
animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants, parasitic plant parts,
viruses, any other similar organism, or any infectious substances that can
injure, infect, or damage any plants or plant products.”Plants or plant
products” means any trees, shrubs, vines, forage, fiber, cereal, and all
other plants; cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, and all other plant parts; fruit,
vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, lumber, and all other plant products; or
any container, soil, and packing material with plants or plant products.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-178.1; 1964, c. 476; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-135; 1980, c.
291, § 3.1-188.32; 1988, c. 552; 2008, c. 860.