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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1979, chapter 711; in 1990, chapter 958; in 2004, chapters 773<\/a> and 1021<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73733,"section_number":"32.1-48.01","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-48.01\/"},{"id":72908,"section_number":"32.1-48.05","catch_line":"Application of article; determination of exceptional circumstances; regulations; duties of the State Health Commissioner not be delegated","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-48.05\/"}],"permalink":{"id":201965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65793,"identifier":"32.1-43","token":"32.1\/2\/3\/32.1-43","url":"\/32.1-43\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-43\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3\/32.1-43","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of State Health Commissioner to require quarantine, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-43","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The State Health Commissioner<\/span> shall have the authority to require quarantine, isolation, immunization, decontamination, or treatment of any individual or group of individuals when he determines any such measure to be necessary to control the spread of any disease of public health importance and the authority to issue<\/span> orders<\/span> of isolation pursuant to Article 3.01 (\u00a7 32.1-48.01<\/a> et seq.) of this chapter and orders<\/span> of quarantine and orders<\/span> of isolation under exceptional circumstances involving any communicable disease of public health threat pursuant to Article 3.02 (\u00a7 32.1-48.05<\/a> et seq.) of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER TO REQUIRE QUARANTINE, ETC (\u00a7 32.1-43)\n\nThe State Health Commissioner shall have the authority to require quarantine,\nisolation, immunization, decontamination, or treatment of any individual or\ngroup of individuals when he determines any such measure to be necessary to\ncontrol the spread of any disease of public health importance and the authority\nto issue orders of isolation pursuant to Article 3.01 (\u00a7 32.1-48.01 et seq.) of\nthis chapter and orders of quarantine and orders of isolation under exceptional\ncircumstances involving any communicable disease of public health threat\npursuant to Article 3.02 (\u00a7 32.1-48.05 et seq.) of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-8; 1979, c. 711; 1990, c. 958; 2004, cc. 773, 1021.","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}}