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That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55272,"section_number":"3.2-5201","catch_line":"Conformity with regulations of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture; compliance with Administrative Process Act","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5201\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":197461,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78556,"identifier":"3.2-5213","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/3\/3.2-5213","url":"\/3.2-5213\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5213\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/3\/3.2-5213","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissioner to enforce article; right of entry","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5213","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall administer and enforce the regulations adopted pursuant to this article. 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