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The Department shall issue fish consumption advisories as provided for in the policy and shall do so on a timely basis. A copy of the written policy shall be provided to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than one month prior to adoption of the policy but no later than December 1, 2000. 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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 17<\/a> and 1043<\/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":203703,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77839,"identifier":"32.1-248.01","token":"32.1\/6\/10\/32.1-248.01","url":"\/32.1-248.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-248.01\/","token":"32.1\/6\/10\/32.1-248.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fish consumption advisories","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-248.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Virginia Department<\/span> of Health shall develop a written policy, which shall be revised annually, that identifies the criteria and levels of concern for certain toxic substances that the Department<\/span> will use in determining whether to issue<\/span> a fish consumption advisory. The policy shall initially include the criteria and levels of concern for polychlorinated biphenyl, mercury, dioxin, and kepone. The Department<\/span> shall issue<\/span> fish consumption advisories as provided for in the policy and shall do so on a timely basis. A copy of the written policy shall be provided to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than one month prior to adoption of the policy but no later than December 1, 2000. Any revision of the policy shall be submitted to the chairmen of these committees no later than one month prior to the adoption of the revision by the Department<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES (\u00a7 32.1-248.01)\n\nThe Virginia Department of Health shall develop a written policy, which shall be\nrevised annually, that identifies the criteria and levels of concern for certain\ntoxic substances that the Department will use in determining whether to issue a\nfish consumption advisory. The policy shall initially include the criteria and\nlevels of concern for polychlorinated biphenyl, mercury, dioxin, and kepone. The\nDepartment shall issue fish consumption advisories as provided for in the policy\nand shall do so on a timely basis. A copy of the written policy shall be\nprovided to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services,\nthe House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the Senate\nCommittee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture,\nConservation and Natural Resources no later than one month prior to adoption of\nthe policy but no later than December 1, 2000. Any revision of the policy shall\nbe submitted to the chairmen of these committees no later than one month prior\nto the adoption of the revision by the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 17, 1043.","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}}