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Any person permitted to administer any such product or biological preparation shall remit to the State Veterinarian a report within 10 days of such administration showing the kind, the amount, and the make or brand of the vaccine or virus used, when and from whom purchased, where, when, and by whom administered, including all persons assisting in the administration, together with a description of all animals to which administered, including the breed, age, and sex of each animal.B\n\nThe State Veterinarian is authorized to examine and test any biological, commonly called vaccine, intended for use in livestock or poultry to determine if it is safe, pure, potent, or effective. The Board is authorized to adopt regulations providing for the limitation, prohibition, or use of any biological intended for use in livestock or poultry.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":224799,"text":"No person shall buy, sell or have in possession, or administer to livestock, or permit any other to administer to livestock, any product or biological preparation, commonly called vaccine, containing anthrax killed, live, or as a spore, or non-inactivated classical swine fever virus, without permission in writing from the State Veterinarian for each such purchase, sale, or administration. Any person permitted to administer any such product or biological preparation shall remit to the State Veterinarian a report within 10 days of such administration showing the kind, the amount, and the make or brand of the vaccine or virus used, when and from whom purchased, where, when, and by whom administered, including all persons assisting in the administration, together with a description of all animals to which administered, including the breed, age, and sex of each animal.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":224800,"text":"The State Veterinarian is authorized to examine and test any biological, commonly called vaccine, intended for use in livestock or poultry to determine if it is safe, pure, potent, or effective. 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It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 11; in 1966, chapter 702; in 1968, chapter 49; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198241,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61561,"identifier":"3.2-6017","token":"3.2\/V\/60\/1\/3.2-6017","url":"\/3.2-6017\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6017\/","token":"3.2\/V\/60\/1\/3.2-6017","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful to possess anthrax or non-inactivated classical swine fever virus without permission; report; testing of biologicals for use in livestock or poultry; rules for biologicals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6017","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No person shall buy, sell or have in <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span>, or administer to <span class=\"dictionary\">livestock<\/span>, or permit any other to administer to <span class=\"dictionary\">livestock<\/span>, any product or biological preparation, commonly called vaccine, containing anthrax killed, live, or as a spore, or non-inactivated classical swine fever virus, without permission in writing from the <span class=\"dictionary\">State Veterinarian<\/span> for each such purchase, sale, or administration. Any person permitted to administer any such product or biological preparation shall remit to the <span class=\"dictionary\">State Veterinarian<\/span> a report within 10 days of such administration showing the kind, the amount, and the make or brand of the vaccine or virus used, when and from whom purchased, where, when, and by whom administered, including all persons assisting in the administration, together with a description of all <span class=\"dictionary\">animals<\/span> to which administered, including the breed, age, and sex of each <span class=\"dictionary\">animal<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-224799\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6017\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">State Veterinarian<\/span> is authorized to examine and test any biological, commonly called vaccine, intended for use in <span class=\"dictionary\">livestock<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">poultry<\/span> to determine if it is safe, pure, potent, or effective. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> is authorized to adopt regulations providing for the limitation, prohibition, or use of any biological intended for use in <span class=\"dictionary\">livestock<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">poultry<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-224800\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6017\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL TO POSSESS ANTHRAX OR NON-INACTIVATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS\nWITHOUT PERMISSION; REPORT; TESTING OF BIOLOGICALS FOR USE IN LIVESTOCK OR\nPOULTRY; RULES FOR BIOLOGICALS (\u00a7 3.2-6017)\n\nA. No person shall buy, sell or have in possession, or administer to livestock,\nor permit any other to administer to livestock, any product or biological\npreparation, commonly called vaccine, containing anthrax killed, live, or as a\nspore, or non-inactivated classical swine fever virus, without permission in\nwriting from the State Veterinarian for each such purchase, sale, or\nadministration. Any person permitted to administer any such product or\nbiological preparation shall remit to the State Veterinarian a report within 10\ndays of such administration showing the kind, the amount, and the make or brand\nof the vaccine or virus used, when and from whom purchased, where, when, and by\nwhom administered, including all persons assisting in the administration,\ntogether with a description of all animals to which administered, including the\nbreed, age, and sex of each animal.\n\nB. The State Veterinarian is authorized to examine and test any biological,\ncommonly called vaccine, intended for use in livestock or poultry to determine\nif it is safe, pure, potent, or effective. The Board is authorized to adopt\nregulations providing for the limitation, prohibition, or use of any biological\nintended for use in livestock or poultry.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-592; 1962, c. 11; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-756; 1968, c.\n49; 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}}