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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 711 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1985, chapter 372.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":203695,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59496,"identifier":"32.1-247","token":"32.1\/6\/10\/32.1-247","url":"\/32.1-247\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-247\/","token":"32.1\/6\/10\/32.1-247","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vector control","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-247","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall develop and maintain the capability and technical competence necessary to investigate the occurrence of diseases borne by insects and rodents and shall recommend such measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of such diseases and to eradicate or control disease-bearing insects and rodents.\n\t\tIn this regard the Board<\/span> shall make provision for assistance to mosquito control commissions when requested, field surveys and investigation of complaints, advice to citizens and local governments, training in vector control, advice and recommendations on proper use of pesticides, and identifying specimens.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVECTOR CONTROL (\u00a7 32.1-247)\n\nThe Board shall develop and maintain the capability and technical competence\nnecessary to investigate the occurrence of diseases borne by insects and rodents\nand shall recommend such measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of\nsuch diseases and to eradicate or control disease-bearing insects and rodents.\n\t\tIn this regard the Board shall make provision for assistance to mosquito\ncontrol commissions when requested, field surveys and investigation of\ncomplaints, advice to citizens and local governments, training in vector\ncontrol, advice and recommendations on proper use of pesticides, and identifying\nspecimens.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 711; 1985, c. 372.","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}}