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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 12<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":192347,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78432,"identifier":"29.1-103.1","token":"29.1\/1\/2\/29.1-103.1","url":"\/29.1-103.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-103.1\/","token":"29.1\/1\/2\/29.1-103.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Control and eradication of wildlife diseases; Board authorized to promulgate regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-103.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span>, in consultation with the Virginia Department<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the State Veterinarian, and representatives of appropriate agriculture agencies and organizations, may promulgate regulations<\/span> pertaining to diseases in wildlife<\/span> populations. The regulations<\/span> shall include, but not be limited to, (i) measures to be implemented to eradicate or prevent the spread of such diseases and (ii) procedures for the condemnation and indemnification of captive wildlife<\/span>. Regulations<\/span> promulgated by the Board<\/span> under this section shall not conflict with (a) the laws<\/span> enforced by the Virginia Department<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or (b) the regulations<\/span>, orders<\/span>, proclamations, quarantines, or authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the State Veterinarian, or the Board<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Livestock and poultry shall not be governed by any regulations<\/span> promulgated under this section by the Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTROL AND ERADICATION OF WILDLIFE DISEASES; BOARD AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE\nREGULATIONS (\u00a7 29.1-103.1)\n\nThe Board, in consultation with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and\nConsumer Services, the State Veterinarian, and representatives of appropriate\nagriculture agencies and organizations, may promulgate regulations pertaining to\ndiseases in wildlife populations. The regulations shall include, but not be\nlimited to, (i) measures to be implemented to eradicate or prevent the spread of\nsuch diseases and (ii) procedures for the condemnation and indemnification of\ncaptive wildlife. Regulations promulgated by the Board under this section shall\nnot conflict with (a) the laws enforced by the Virginia Department of\nAgriculture and Consumer Services, or (b) the regulations, orders,\nproclamations, quarantines, or authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture and\nConsumer Services, the State Veterinarian, or the Board of Agriculture and\nConsumer Services. Livestock and poultry shall not be governed by any\nregulations promulgated under this section by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 12.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}