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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 711 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 1979 \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 2004, chapters 773<\/a> and 1021<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"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":202021,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69455,"identifier":"32.1-48","token":"32.1\/2\/3\/32.1-48","url":"\/32.1-48\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3\/32.1-48","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of Commissioner in epidemic","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Nothing in this article shall preclude the Commissioner<\/span> from requiring immediate immunization of all persons<\/span> in case of an epidemic of any disease of public health importance for which a vaccine exists other than a person<\/span> to whose health the administration of a vaccine would be detrimental as certified in writing by a physician licensed to practice medicine in this Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In addition, the State Health Commissioner<\/span> shall hold the powers conferred pursuant to Article 3.02 (§ 32.1-48.05<\/a> et seq.) of this chapter to issue<\/span> orders<\/span> of quarantine or prepare orders<\/span> of isolation for a communicable disease of public health threat. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS OF COMMISSIONER IN EPIDEMIC (\u00a7 32.1-48)\n\nA. Nothing in this article shall preclude the Commissioner from requiring\nimmediate immunization of all persons in case of an epidemic of any disease of\npublic health importance for which a vaccine exists other than a person to whose\nhealth the administration of a vaccine would be detrimental as certified in\nwriting by a physician licensed to practice medicine in this Commonwealth.\n\nB. In addition, the State Health Commissioner shall hold the powers conferred\npursuant to Article 3.02 (§ 32.1-48.05 et seq.) of this chapter to issue\norders of quarantine or prepare orders of isolation for a communicable disease\nof public health threat.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 711; 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}}