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This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 672<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198567,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81898,"identifier":"3.2-6592","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/13\/3.2-6592","url":"\/3.2-6592\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6592\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/13\/3.2-6592","dublin_core":{"Title":"Manufacturers and contract testing facilities required to use alternative test methods when available","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6592","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No manufacturer<\/span> or contract testing facility<\/span> shall use an animal test method<\/span> when an alternative test method<\/span> is available. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of a test method that does not use animals<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> This section shall not apply to any manufacturer<\/span> or contract test facility using an animal test method<\/span> for the purpose of medical research related to the causes, diagnosis, treatment<\/span>, control, or prevention of physical or mental diseases and impairments of humans and animals<\/span>, or related to the development of devices or drugs, as those terms are defined in 21 U.S.C. § 321, biomedical products, or any other products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for any product regulated under Subchapter VI of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.). Such medical research does not include the testing of an ingredient that (i) was formerly used in a drug; (ii) was tested for use in a drug using commonly accepted animal testing methods to characterize the ingredient and to substantiate its safety for human use; and (iii) is proposed for use in a product other than a biomedical product, medical device, or drug. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMANUFACTURERS AND CONTRACT TESTING FACILITIES REQUIRED TO USE ALTERNATIVE TEST\nMETHODS WHEN AVAILABLE (\u00a7 3.2-6592)\n\nA. No manufacturer or contract testing facility shall use an animal test method\nwhen an alternative test method is available.\n\nB. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of a test method that does not\nuse animals.\n\nC. This section shall not apply to any manufacturer or contract test facility\nusing an animal test method for the purpose of medical research related to the\ncauses, diagnosis, treatment, control, or prevention of physical or mental\ndiseases and impairments of humans and animals, or related to the development of\ndevices or drugs, as those terms are defined in 21 U.S.C. § 321, biomedical\nproducts, or any other products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug\nAdministration, except for any product regulated under Subchapter VI of the\nFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.). Such\nmedical research does not include the testing of an ingredient that (i) was\nformerly used in a drug; (ii) was tested for use in a drug using commonly\naccepted animal testing methods to characterize the ingredient and to\nsubstantiate its safety for human use; and (iii) is proposed for use in a\nproduct other than a biomedical product, medical device, or drug.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 672.","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}}