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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 861<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67659,"identifier":"59.1-534","token":"59.1\/48\/59.1-534","url":"\/59.1-534\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-534\/","token":"59.1\/48\/59.1-534","dublin_core":{"Title":"Proclamation of influenza vaccine shortage","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-534","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the event of an existing or threatened influenza vaccine<\/span> shortage due to an abnormal market disruption or other extraordinary adverse circumstance, the Governor may issue<\/span> an executive order<\/span> proclaiming that an influenza vaccine<\/span> shortage exists. Prior to issuing such a proclamation, the Governor shall consult with the State Health Commissioner. An executive order<\/span> proclaiming that an influenza vaccine<\/span> shortage exists shall not be issued unless the Governor determines that:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The amount of influenza vaccine<\/span> available for administration in the Commonwealth is not reasonably sufficient to provide influenza vaccinations to those persons residing in the Commonwealth who are in primary target groups recommended for annual influenza vaccination in accordance with the most recently available recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Price gouging with respect to influenza vaccine<\/span> is occurring or is likely to occur as the proximate result of the influenza vaccine<\/span> shortage. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCLAMATION OF INFLUENZA VACCINE SHORTAGE (\u00a7 59.1-534)\n\nIn the event of an existing or threatened influenza vaccine shortage due to an\nabnormal market disruption or other extraordinary adverse circumstance, the\nGovernor may issue an executive order proclaiming that an influenza vaccine\nshortage exists. Prior to issuing such a proclamation, the Governor shall\nconsult with the State Health Commissioner. An executive order proclaiming that\nan influenza vaccine shortage exists shall not be issued unless the Governor\ndetermines that:\n\n1. The amount of influenza vaccine available for administration in the\nCommonwealth is not reasonably sufficient to provide influenza vaccinations to\nthose persons residing in the Commonwealth who are in primary target groups\nrecommended for annual influenza vaccination in accordance with the most\nrecently available recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization\nPractices of the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers\nfor Disease Control and Prevention; and\n\n2. Price gouging with respect to influenza vaccine is occurring or is likely to\noccur as the proximate result of the influenza vaccine shortage.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 861.","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}}