{"law_id":"786499","section_number":"3.2-5901","catch_line":"State Veterinarian and representatives","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 3-565; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-723; 1978, c. 396; 2008, c. 860.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/3.2-5901\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/3.2-5901\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5901","structure":{"1":{"id":"3102","name":"General Provisions","identifier":"59","label":"chapter","url":"\/3.2\/V\/59\/"},"2":{"id":"78","name":"Domestic Animals","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","url":"\/3.2\/V\/"},"3":{"id":"18","name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","url":"\/3.2\/"}},"referred_to_by":[{"id":"766170","section_number":"18.2-46.7","catch_line":"Act of bioterrorism against agricultural crops or animals; penalty","url":"\/18.2-46.7\/"},{"id":"789108","section_number":"54.1-3806.1","catch_line":"Disclosure forms required","url":"\/54.1-3806.1\/"}],"edition_id":"11","section_id":"786499","structure_id":"3102","full_text":"The Commissioner shall employ and direct a veterinarian who shall be known as the State Veterinarian, whose duties shall be to carry out the laws of the Commonwealth and the regulations of the Board and the Commissioner. The State Veterinarian and his representatives shall have the power to carry into effect all lawful orders given by the Board or the Commissioner.The State Veterinarian may deputize, for a specific period of time, licensed veterinarians, veterinarians employed by the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, and veterinarians in the employment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","text":{"0":{"id":"2537191","text":"The Commissioner shall employ and direct a veterinarian who shall be known as the State Veterinarian, whose duties shall be to carry out the laws of the Commonwealth and the regulations of the Board and the Commissioner. The State Veterinarian and his representatives shall have the power to carry into effect all lawful orders given by the Board or the Commissioner.The State Veterinarian may deputize, for a specific period of time, licensed veterinarians, veterinarians employed by the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, and veterinarians in the employment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"3102","name":"General Provisions","identifier":"59","label":"chapter","url":"\/3.2\/V\/59\/"},"2":{"id":"78","name":"Domestic Animals","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","url":"\/3.2\/V\/"},"3":{"id":"18","name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","url":"\/3.2\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"773361","structure_id":"3102","section_number":"3.2-5900","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-5900\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5900"},"1":{"id":"786499","structure_id":"3102","section_number":"3.2-5901","catch_line":"State Veterinarian and representatives","url":"\/3.2-5901\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5901"},"2":{"id":"785199","structure_id":"3102","section_number":"3.2-5902","catch_line":"Certificate of veterinary inspection required for importation of certain pet animals; examination; exceptions; penalty","url":"\/3.2-5902\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5902"},"3":{"id":"792927","structure_id":"3102","section_number":"3.2-5903","catch_line":"Laboratory for diagnosis of diseases","url":"\/3.2-5903\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5903"},"4":{"id":"784455","structure_id":"3102","section_number":"3.2-5904","catch_line":"Authority of the Commissioner; coyotes; black vultures","url":"\/3.2-5904\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5904"},"5":{"id":"773602","structure_id":"3102","section_number":"3.2-5905","catch_line":"Compensation for animals slaughtered or animals or animal products destroyed to control or eradicate an animal disease outbreak","url":"\/3.2-5905\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5905"}},"previous_section":{"id":"773361","structure_id":"3102","section_number":"3.2-5900","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-5900\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5900"},"next_section":{"id":"785199","structure_id":"3102","section_number":"3.2-5902","catch_line":"Certificate of veterinary inspection required for importation of certain pet animals; examination; exceptions; penalty","url":"\/3.2-5902\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5902"},"references":[{"id":"773361","section_number":"3.2-5900","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-5900\/"}],"formats":{"txt":"\/3.2-5901.txt","json":"\/3.2-5901.json","xml":"\/3.2-5901.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"State Veterinarian and representatives","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5901","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE VETERINARIAN AND REPRESENTATIVES (\u00a7 3.2-5901)\n\nThe Commissioner shall employ and direct a veterinarian who shall be known as\nthe State Veterinarian, whose duties shall be to carry out the laws of the\nCommonwealth and the regulations of the Board and the Commissioner. The State\nVeterinarian and his representatives shall have the power to carry into effect\nall lawful orders given by the Board or the Commissioner.The State Veterinarian\nmay deputize, for a specific period of time, licensed veterinarians,\nveterinarians employed by the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary\nMedicine, and veterinarians in the employment of the U.S. Department of\nAgriculture.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-565; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-723; 1978, c. 396; 2008, c.\n860."}