{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/32.1-163.3.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/32.1-163.3.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/32.1-163.3.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/32.1-163.3.html"}],"law_id":58627,"edition_id":1,"section_id":58627,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163.3","catch_line":"Identities of persons making certain reports to remain confidential","history":"1990, c. 468.","full_text":"The identity of any person making a report of an alleged violation of any provision of this article or any regulation of the Board of Health relating to sewage disposal shall be confidential. However, the identity of such person may be disclosed (i) to the Commissioner, the members of the Board and personnel of the Department in the performance of their duties; (ii) when the identity is included in materials which are the subject of a request for information pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Chapter 37 (\u00a7 2.2-3700 et seq.) of Title 2.2; (iii) when the matter reported is the subject of a hearing conducted by the State Health Department Sewage Handling and Disposal Appeal Review Board; or (iv) when the matter reported is the subject of litigation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":214838,"text":"The identity of any person making a report of an alleged violation of any provision of this article or any regulation of the Board of Health relating to sewage disposal shall be confidential. However, the identity of such person may be disclosed (i) to the Commissioner, the members of the Board and personnel of the Department in the performance of their duties; (ii) when the identity is included in materials which are the subject of a request for information pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Chapter 37 (\u00a7 2.2-3700 et seq.) of Title 2.2; (iii) when the matter reported is the subject of a hearing conducted by the State Health Department Sewage Handling and Disposal Appeal Review Board; or (iv) when the matter reported is the subject of litigation.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13156,"edition_id":1,"name":"Sewage Disposal","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12941,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:22","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:22","permalink":{"id":203565,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13156,"identifier":"1","token":"32.1\/6\/1","url":"\/32.1\/6\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12941,"edition_id":1,"name":"Environmental Health Services","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12727,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","permalink":{"id":203563,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12941,"identifier":"6","token":"32.1\/6","url":"\/32.1\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12727,"edition_id":1,"name":"Health","identifier":"32.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":201099,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12727,"identifier":"32.1","token":"32.1","url":"\/32.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":64577,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/32.1-163\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163","metadata":false},{"id":54177,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163.1","catch_line":"Personal liability of sanitarians defined","url":"\/32.1-163.1\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.1","metadata":false},{"id":71587,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163.2","catch_line":"Long range plan for onsite sewage","url":"\/32.1-163.2\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.2","metadata":false},{"id":58627,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163.3","catch_line":"Identities of persons making certain reports to remain confidential","url":"\/32.1-163.3\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.3","metadata":false},{"id":75697,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163.4","catch_line":"Procedures for application backlogs; individuals approved to conduct evaluations for septic system or other onsite sewage system permit applications","url":"\/32.1-163.4\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.4","metadata":false},{"id":65435,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163.5","catch_line":"Onsite sewage evaluations","url":"\/32.1-163.5\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.5","metadata":false},{"id":83571,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163.6","catch_line":"Professional engineering of onsite treatment works","url":"\/32.1-163.6\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.6","metadata":false},{"id":66759,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Board; regulations; fees; onsite soil evaluators; letters in lieu of permits; inspections; civil penalties","url":"\/32.1-164\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164","metadata":false},{"id":74693,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164.1","catch_line":"Appeals from denials of septic tank permits; inspections","url":"\/32.1-164.1\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.1","metadata":false},{"id":58954,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164.10","catch_line":"Alternative onsite sewage system general approval process","url":"\/32.1-164.10\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.10","metadata":false},{"id":81724,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164.1:01","catch_line":"Onsite Sewage Indemnification Fund","url":"\/32.1-164.1_01\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.1_01","metadata":false},{"id":69017,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164.1:1","catch_line":"Validity of certain septic tank permits","url":"\/32.1-164.1_1\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.1_1","metadata":false},{"id":82687,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164.1:2","catch_line":"Eligibility for betterment loans to repair or replace failing onsite sewage systems","url":"\/32.1-164.1_2\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.1_2","metadata":false},{"id":63246,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164.1:3","catch_line":"Permits for voluntary system upgrades","url":"\/32.1-164.1_3\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.1_3","metadata":false},{"id":75897,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164.2","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/32.1-164.2\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.2","metadata":false},{"id":77141,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164.8","catch_line":"Onsite Operation and Maintenance Fund established","url":"\/32.1-164.8\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.8","metadata":false},{"id":54654,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-164.9","catch_line":"Regulations for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite sewage systems","url":"\/32.1-164.9\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.9","metadata":false},{"id":86519,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-165","catch_line":"Prior approval required before issuance of building permit; approved sewage system or nonconforming system","url":"\/32.1-165\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-165","metadata":false},{"id":64941,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-166","catch_line":"Agreements with federal agencies","url":"\/32.1-166\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-166","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":71587,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163.2","catch_line":"Long range plan for onsite sewage","url":"\/32.1-163.2\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.2","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":75697,"structure_id":13156,"section_number":"32.1-163.4","catch_line":"Procedures for application backlogs; individuals approved to conduct evaluations for septic system or other onsite sewage system permit applications","url":"\/32.1-163.4\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.4","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/32.1-163.3\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 468 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":203579,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58627,"identifier":"32.1-163.3","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.3","url":"\/32.1-163.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-163.3\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-163.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Identities of persons making certain reports to remain confidential","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-163.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The identity of any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> making a report of an alleged violation of any provision of this article or any regulation of the Board of Health relating to <span class=\"dictionary\">sewage<\/span> disposal shall be confidential. However, the identity of such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> may be disclosed (i) to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, the members of the Board and personnel of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in the performance of their duties; (ii) when the identity is included in <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span> which are the subject of a request for information pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Chapter 37 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; policy\" href=\"\/2.2-3700\/\">2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.) of Title 2.2; (iii) when the matter reported is the subject of a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> conducted by the State Health <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Sewage<\/span> Handling and Disposal <span class=\"dictionary\">Appeal<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Review Board<\/span>; or (iv) when the matter reported is the subject of <span class=\"dictionary\">litigation<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIDENTITIES OF PERSONS MAKING CERTAIN REPORTS TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL (\u00a7\n32.1-163.3)\n\nThe identity of any person making a report of an alleged violation of any\nprovision of this article or any regulation of the Board of Health relating to\nsewage disposal shall be confidential. However, the identity of such person may\nbe disclosed (i) to the Commissioner, the members of the Board and personnel of\nthe Department in the performance of their duties; (ii) when the identity is\nincluded in materials which are the subject of a request for information\npursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Chapter 37 (\u00a7 2.2-3700 et\nseq.) of Title 2.2; (iii) when the matter reported is the subject of a hearing\nconducted by the State Health Department Sewage Handling and Disposal Appeal\nReview Board; or (iv) when the matter reported is the subject of litigation.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 468.","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}}