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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 574<\/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":197369,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85363,"identifier":"3.2-5149","token":"3.2\/IV\/51.1\/3.2-5149","url":"\/3.2-5149\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5149\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/51.1\/3.2-5149","dublin_core":{"Title":"(For expiration date, see Editor’s notes) Commissioner to have access to certain farms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5149","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> shall have access only at reasonable hours to any covered farm or any farm eligible for a qualified exemption in accordance with 21 C.F.R. \u00a7 112.5 for the purpose of (i) inspecting such farm to determine if any provision of this chapter or 21 C.F.R. Part 112 is being violated and (ii) securing samples or specimens to determine if any provision of this chapter or 21 C.F.R. Part 112 is being violated. The Commissioner<\/span> shall make or cause to be made examinations of samples or specimens secured pursuant to this section to determine whether any provision of this chapter or 21 C.F.R. Part 112 is being violated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(FOR EXPIRATION DATE, SEE EDITOR’S NOTES) COMMISSIONER TO HAVE ACCESS TO\nCERTAIN FARMS (\u00a7 3.2-5149)\n\nThe Commissioner shall have access only at reasonable hours to any covered farm\nor any farm eligible for a qualified exemption in accordance with 21 C.F.R. \u00a7\n112.5 for the purpose of (i) inspecting such farm to determine if any provision\nof this chapter or 21 C.F.R. Part 112 is being violated and (ii) securing\nsamples or specimens to determine if any provision of this chapter or 21 C.F.R.\nPart 112 is being violated. The Commissioner shall make or cause to be made\nexaminations of samples or specimens secured pursuant to this section to\ndetermine whether any provision of this chapter or 21 C.F.R. Part 112 is being\nviolated.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 574.","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}}