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This law was first created in 1984. 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 3 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 1993, chapters 174 and 959; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66904,"section_number":"3.2-6503","catch_line":"Care of companion animals by owner; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6503\/"},{"id":57920,"section_number":"3.2-6504","catch_line":"Abandonment of animal; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6504\/"},{"id":54865,"section_number":"3.2-6508","catch_line":"Transporting animals; requirements; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6508\/"},{"id":55903,"section_number":"3.2-6519","catch_line":"Written notice of consumer remedies required to be supplied by boarding establishments; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6519\/"},{"id":58132,"section_number":"3.2-6557","catch_line":"Animal control officers and humane investigators; limitations; records; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6557\/"},{"id":71766,"section_number":"3.2-6559","catch_line":"Powers and duties of humane investigators","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6559\/"},{"id":85740,"section_number":"3.2-6561","catch_line":"Revocation of appointment of humane investigators","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6561\/"},{"id":62173,"section_number":"3.2-6564","catch_line":"Complaint of suspected violation; investigation","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6564\/"},{"id":54939,"section_number":"3.2-6565","catch_line":"Impoundment; expenses; lien; disposition of animal","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6565\/"},{"id":70938,"section_number":"3.2-6574","catch_line":"Sterilization of adopted dogs and cats; enforcement; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6574\/"},{"id":82026,"section_number":"3.2-6580","catch_line":"Civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6580\/"}],"permalink":{"id":198627,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66794,"identifier":"3.2-6506","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/2\/3.2-6506","url":"\/3.2-6506\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6506\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/2\/3.2-6506","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exceptions regarding veterinarians","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6506","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Sections 3.2-6503<\/a>, 3.2-6504<\/a>, 3.2-6508<\/a> through 3.2-6519<\/a>, 3.2-6557<\/a>, 3.2-6559<\/a>, 3.2-6561<\/a>, 3.2-6564<\/a>, 3.2-6565<\/a>, and 3.2-6574<\/a> through 3.2-6580<\/a> shall not apply to: (i) a place or establishment that is operated under the immediate supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian as a hospital or boarding establishment<\/span> where animals<\/span> are harbored, boarded and cared for incident to the treatment<\/span>, prevention, or alleviation of disease processes during the routine practice of the profession of veterinary medicine; or (ii) animals<\/span> boarded under the immediate supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCEPTIONS REGARDING VETERINARIANS (\u00a7 3.2-6506)\n\nSections 3.2-6503, 3.2-6504, 3.2-6508 through 3.2-6519, 3.2-6557, 3.2-6559,\n3.2-6561, 3.2-6564, 3.2-6565, and 3.2-6574 through 3.2-6580 shall not apply to:\n(i) a place or establishment that is operated under the immediate supervision of\na duly licensed veterinarian as a hospital or boarding establishment where\nanimals are harbored, boarded and cared for incident to the treatment,\nprevention, or alleviation of disease processes during the routine practice of\nthe profession of veterinary medicine; or (ii) animals boarded under the\nimmediate supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.44; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.74; 1993, cc. 174,\n959; 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}}