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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 492 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1987, chapter 488; 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":198467,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59205,"identifier":"3.2-6501","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/1\/3.2-6501","url":"\/3.2-6501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6501\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/1\/3.2-6501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulations and guidelines","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may adopt regulations and guidelines consistent with the objectives and <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> of this chapter concerning the <span class=\"dictionary\">care<\/span> and transportation of <span class=\"dictionary\">animals<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES (\u00a7 3.2-6501)\n\nThe Board may adopt regulations and guidelines consistent with the objectives\nand intent of this chapter concerning the care and transportation of animals.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.37; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.67; 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}}