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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 621 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 1991 \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 1998, chapter 158<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73581,"section_number":"3.2-5900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5900\/"}],"permalink":{"id":244185,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71910,"identifier":"54.1-3806.1","token":"54.1\/III\/38\/54.1-3806.1","url":"\/54.1-3806.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3806.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/38\/54.1-3806.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosure forms required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3806.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any animal medical care facility in the Commonwealth, excluding those facilities dealing with livestock, as defined in \u00a7 3.2-5900<\/a>, which does not provide continuous medical care for all animals left in its charge shall, before taking charge of an animal, provide the client or agent thereof with a disclosure form which specifies the hours and days when continuous medical care is not available at the facility. Such form shall be separate and apart from any other form or information provided by the facility. Except in emergency situations when time or circumstances do not permit, such facilities may take charge of an animal only after the client or agent thereof has signed the disclosure form and returned it to the facility. Only one signed form per client shall be required, and the form shall be kept on file by the facility.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSURE FORMS REQUIRED (\u00a7 54.1-3806.1)\n\nAny animal medical care facility in the Commonwealth, excluding those facilities\ndealing with livestock, as defined in \u00a7 3.2-5900, which does not provide\ncontinuous medical care for all animals left in its charge shall, before taking\ncharge of an animal, provide the client or agent thereof with a disclosure form\nwhich specifies the hours and days when continuous medical care is not available\nat the facility. Such form shall be separate and apart from any other form or\ninformation provided by the facility. Except in emergency situations when time\nor circumstances do not permit, such facilities may take charge of an animal\nonly after the client or agent thereof has signed the disclosure form and\nreturned it to the facility. Only one signed form per client shall be required,\nand the form shall be kept on file by the facility.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 621; 1998, c. 158.","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}}