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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 228<\/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":204691,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81966,"identifier":"32.1-309.4","token":"32.1\/8.1\/32.1-309.4","url":"\/32.1-309.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-309.4\/","token":"32.1\/8.1\/32.1-309.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Determination of hazardous human remains","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-309.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span>, in consultation with the Governor, shall have the authority to determine if human remains are hazardous to the public health. If the Commissioner<\/span> determines that such remains are hazardous, the Commonwealth, with direction from the Commissioner<\/span>, shall be charged with the safe handling, identification, and disposition<\/span> of the remains and shall erect a memorial, as appropriate, at any disposition<\/span> site.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “hazardous,” with regard to human remains, means those remains contaminated with an infectious, radiologic, chemical, or other dangerous agent.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDETERMINATION OF HAZARDOUS HUMAN REMAINS (\u00a7 32.1-309.4)\n\nThe Commissioner, in consultation with the Governor, shall have the authority to\ndetermine if human remains are hazardous to the public health. If the\nCommissioner determines that such remains are hazardous, the Commonwealth, with\ndirection from the Commissioner, shall be charged with the safe handling,\nidentification, and disposition of the remains and shall erect a memorial, as\nappropriate, at any disposition site.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “hazardous,” with regard to\nhuman remains, means those remains contaminated with an infectious, radiologic,\nchemical, or other dangerous agent.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, c. 228.","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}}