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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 49 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. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81091,"section_number":"3.2-5206","catch_line":"Board authorized to establish standards and adopt regulations; guidance of State Health Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5206\/"},{"id":55079,"section_number":"3.2-5207","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Commissioner; obstruction unlawful","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5207\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81091,"section_number":"3.2-5206","catch_line":"Board authorized to establish standards and adopt regulations; guidance of State Health Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5206\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197439,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82629,"identifier":"3.2-5208","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/2\/3.2-5208","url":"\/3.2-5208\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5208\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/2\/3.2-5208","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of State Health Commissioner; obstruction unlawful","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The State Health Commissioner<\/span>, pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-5206<\/a>, shall issue<\/span> permits to all plants that process and distribute Grade A market milk and Grade A market milk products. The State Health Commissioner<\/span> shall also enforce the regulations adopted under \u00a7 3.2-5206<\/a> in all plants from the point of delivery at the plant to the consumer. He is empowered, in the performance of his duties, to enter upon and to have free access to any establishment or area subject to the provisions of this article, or the regulations adopted hereunder, pertaining to the processing and distribution of Grade A market milk, Grade A market milk products, ungraded milk products, and those products manufactured in semblance to or as substitutes in Grade A market milk and Grade A market milk products plants from the point of delivery at the plant to the consumer. It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, obstruct, or interfere with the State Health Commissioner<\/span> in the performance of his duties under this article or under the regulations adopted hereunder.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER; OBSTRUCTION UNLAWFUL (\u00a7\n3.2-5208)\n\nThe State Health Commissioner, pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant to\n\u00a7 3.2-5206, shall issue permits to all plants that process and distribute Grade\nA market milk and Grade A market milk products. The State Health Commissioner\nshall also enforce the regulations adopted under \u00a7 3.2-5206 in all plants from\nthe point of delivery at the plant to the consumer. He is empowered, in the\nperformance of his duties, to enter upon and to have free access to any\nestablishment or area subject to the provisions of this article, or the\nregulations adopted hereunder, pertaining to the processing and distribution of\nGrade A market milk, Grade A market milk products, ungraded milk products, and\nthose products manufactured in semblance to or as substitutes in Grade A market\nmilk and Grade A market milk products plants from the point of delivery at the\nplant to the consumer. It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, obstruct,\nor interfere with the State Health Commissioner in the performance of his duties\nunder this article or under the regulations adopted hereunder.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 49, \u00a7 3.1-530.4; 2008, c. 860.","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}}