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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 384 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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0148\">148<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75503,"section_number":"3.2-6522","catch_line":"Rabid animals","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6522\/"}],"permalink":{"id":198751,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58007,"identifier":"3.2-6523","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/5\/3.2-6523","url":"\/3.2-6523\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6523\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/5\/3.2-6523","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inoculation for rabies at public or private animal shelters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6523","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Dogs and cats being adopted from a public or <span class=\"dictionary\">private animal shelter<\/span> during the period an emergency <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> is in force, as provided for in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Rabid animals\" href=\"\/3.2-6522\/\">3.2-6522<\/a>, may be inoculated for rabies by a certified animal technician at such shelter if the certified animal technician is under the immediate and direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINOCULATION FOR RABIES AT PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ANIMAL SHELTERS (\u00a7 3.2-6523)\n\nDogs and cats being adopted from a public or private animal shelter during the\nperiod an emergency ordinance is in force, as provided for in \u00a7 3.2-6522, may\nbe inoculated for rabies by a certified animal technician at such shelter if the\ncertified animal technician is under the immediate and direct supervision of a\nlicensed veterinarian.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 384, \u00a7 29-213.68:1; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.99; 2008, c.\n860; 2014, c. 148.","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}}