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This law was first created in 1954. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 339 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 1954 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1987, chapter 488; in 2020, chapter 958<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":202107,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74579,"identifier":"32.1-48.1","token":"32.1\/2\/3.1\/32.1-48.1","url":"\/32.1-48.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48.1\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3.1\/32.1-48.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of State Health Commissioner declaring existence of rabies; display and publication","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the State Health Commissioner<\/span> is informed that an outbreak of rabies has occurred in a county or city, he may, after consulting with the Commissioner<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Executive Director of the Department<\/span> of Wildlife Resources, adopt a regulation declaring the existence of rabies in such county or city and containing such requirements as are hereinafter set forth. Such regulations shall be prominently displayed throughout the county or city and shall be published therein by signs or otherwise to call the attention of the public to the existence of such outbreak.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER DECLARING EXISTENCE OF RABIES; DISPLAY\nAND PUBLICATION (\u00a7 32.1-48.1)\n\nWhenever the State Health Commissioner is informed that an outbreak of rabies\nhas occurred in a county or city, he may, after consulting with the Commissioner\nof Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Executive Director of the\nDepartment of Wildlife Resources, adopt a regulation declaring the existence of\nrabies in such county or city and containing such requirements as are\nhereinafter set forth. Such regulations shall be prominently displayed\nthroughout the county or city and shall be published therein by signs or\notherwise to call the attention of the public to the existence of such outbreak.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 339, \u00a7 29-213.1; 1987, c. 488; 2020, c. 958.","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}}