CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE VETERINARIAN AND REPRESENTATIVES (§ 3.2-5901)

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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-565; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-723; 1978, c. 396; 2008, c.
860.