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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 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 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":202111,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72723,"identifier":"32.1-48.2","token":"32.1\/2\/3.1\/32.1-48.2","url":"\/32.1-48.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48.2\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3.1\/32.1-48.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of Commissioner requiring vaccination or inoculation of dogs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When the State Health <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> has declared that an outbreak of rabies exists in a county or city, he may adopt a regulation requiring all dogs therein to be vaccinated or inoculated against rabies, with such exceptions as he deems appropriate. Such regulation shall set forth the <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> by whom and the time within which such vaccination or inoculation may be required. The State Health <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may establish such clinics and furnish other services and supplies as will enable the prompt vaccination or inoculation of all dogs in such county or city.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF COMMISSIONER REQUIRING VACCINATION OR INOCULATION OF DOGS (\u00a7\n32.1-48.2)\n\nWhen the State Health Commissioner has declared that an outbreak of rabies\nexists in a county or city, he may adopt a regulation requiring all dogs therein\nto be vaccinated or inoculated against rabies, with such exceptions as he deems\nappropriate. Such regulation shall set forth the persons by whom and the time\nwithin which such vaccination or inoculation may be required. The State Health\nCommissioner may establish such clinics and furnish other services and supplies\nas will enable the prompt vaccination or inoculation of all dogs in such county\nor city.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 339, \u00a7 29-213.2; 1987, c. 488.","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}}