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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 437<\/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":198587,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63698,"identifier":"3.2-6593.3","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/13\/3.2-6593.3","url":"\/3.2-6593.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6593.3\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/13\/3.2-6593.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Animal testing facilities operated by a state agency; nonhuman primates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6593.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Certified sanctuary<\/span>” means any facility<\/span> that provides temporary or permanent safe haven to nonhuman primates<\/span> that is fully accredited by the Global Federation of Animal<\/span> Sanctuaries or certified by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.\n\t\t\t“Nonhuman primate<\/span>” means all nonhuman members of the order<\/span> Primates. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any animal testing facility<\/span> operated by a state agency that no longer has need for a nonhuman primate<\/span> in its possession<\/span> shall, in consultation with such animal testing facility<\/span>’s attending veterinarian, consider options for and determine the appropriate care<\/span> and treatment<\/span> of such nonhuman primate<\/span>, which shall include offering for release such nonhuman primate<\/span> to a certified sanctuary<\/span>. Such animal testing facility<\/span> may enter into an agreement with such certified sanctuary<\/span> for the implementation of the provisions of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANIMAL TESTING FACILITIES OPERATED BY A STATE AGENCY; NONHUMAN PRIMATES (\u00a7\n3.2-6593.3)\n\nA. For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Certified sanctuary” means any facility that provides temporary\nor permanent safe haven to nonhuman primates that is fully accredited by the\nGlobal Federation of Animal Sanctuaries or certified by the Association of Zoos\nand Aquariums.\n\t\t\t“Nonhuman primate” means all nonhuman members of the order\nPrimates.\n\nB. Any animal testing facility operated by a state agency that no longer has\nneed for a nonhuman primate in its possession shall, in consultation with such\nanimal testing facility’s attending veterinarian, consider options for and\ndetermine the appropriate care and treatment of such nonhuman primate, which\nshall include offering for release such nonhuman primate to a certified\nsanctuary. Such animal testing facility may enter into an agreement with such\ncertified sanctuary for the implementation of the provisions of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, c. 437.","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}}