{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/32.1-302.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/32.1-302.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/32.1-302.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/32.1-302.html"}],"law_id":83337,"edition_id":1,"section_id":83337,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-302","catch_line":"Importation of anatomical material","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 32-362; 1979, c. 711.","full_text":"The Commissioner may, in his discretion, on the application of any person, empower such person to import into this Commonwealth and traffic in such anatomical material and pathological specimens as the Commissioner may designate.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":298580,"text":"The Commissioner may, in his discretion, on the application of any person, empower such person to import into this Commonwealth and traffic in such anatomical material and pathological specimens as the Commissioner may designate.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15643,"edition_id":1,"name":"Use of Dead Human Bodies for Scientific Study","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13612,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:57:18","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:57:18","permalink":{"id":204641,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15643,"identifier":"3","token":"32.1\/8\/3","url":"\/32.1\/8\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13612,"edition_id":1,"name":"Postmortem Examinations and Services","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12727,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:23","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:23","permalink":{"id":204383,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13612,"identifier":"8","token":"32.1\/8","url":"\/32.1\/8\/","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":80997,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-298","catch_line":"Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies","url":"\/32.1-298\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-298","metadata":false},{"id":67206,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-299","catch_line":"Distribution of bodies","url":"\/32.1-299\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-299","metadata":false},{"id":79826,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-300","catch_line":"Records of bodies distributed","url":"\/32.1-300\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-300","metadata":false},{"id":68947,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-301","catch_line":"Burial, cremation, or return of bodies after scientific study","url":"\/32.1-301\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-301","metadata":false},{"id":83337,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-302","catch_line":"Importation of anatomical material","url":"\/32.1-302\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-302","metadata":false},{"id":59786,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-303","catch_line":"Penalty for trafficking in bodies","url":"\/32.1-303\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-303","metadata":false},{"id":82278,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-304","catch_line":"General penalty for violation","url":"\/32.1-304\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-304","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":68947,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-301","catch_line":"Burial, cremation, or return of bodies after scientific study","url":"\/32.1-301\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-301","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":59786,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-303","catch_line":"Penalty for trafficking in bodies","url":"\/32.1-303\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-303","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/32.1-302\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1979, chapter 711.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59786,"section_number":"32.1-303","catch_line":"Penalty for trafficking in bodies","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-303\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":204659,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83337,"identifier":"32.1-302","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-302","url":"\/32.1-302\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-302\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-302","dublin_core":{"Title":"Importation of anatomical material","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-302","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> may, in his discretion, on the application of any person<\/span>, empower such person<\/span> to import into this Commonwealth and traffic in such anatomical material<\/span> and pathological specimens as the Commissioner<\/span> may designate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMPORTATION OF ANATOMICAL MATERIAL (\u00a7 32.1-302)\n\nThe Commissioner may, in his discretion, on the application of any person,\nempower such person to import into this Commonwealth and traffic in such\nanatomical material and pathological specimens as the Commissioner may\ndesignate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-362; 1979, c. 711.","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}}