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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66794</law_id><section_number>3.2-6506</section_number><catch_line>Exceptions regarding veterinarians</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Domestic Animals</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="65">Comprehensive Animal Care</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Animal Welfare</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Sections <a class="law" title="Care of companion animals by owner; penalty" href="/3.2-6503/">3.2-6503</a>, <a class="law" title="Abandonment of animal; penalty" href="/3.2-6504/">3.2-6504</a>, <a class="law" title="Transporting animals; requirements; penalty" href="/3.2-6508/">3.2-6508</a> through <a class="law" title="Written notice of consumer remedies required to be supplied by boarding establishments; penalty" href="/3.2-6519/">3.2-6519</a>, <a class="law" title="Animal control officers and humane investigators; limitations; records; penalties" href="/3.2-6557/">3.2-6557</a>, <a class="law" title="Powers and duties of humane investigators" href="/3.2-6559/">3.2-6559</a>, <a class="law" title="Revocation of appointment of humane investigators" href="/3.2-6561/">3.2-6561</a>, <a class="law" title="Complaint of suspected violation; investigation" href="/3.2-6564/">3.2-6564</a>, <a class="law" title="Impoundment; expenses; lien; disposition of animal" href="/3.2-6565/">3.2-6565</a>, and <a class="law" title="Sterilization of adopted dogs and cats; enforcement; civil penalty" href="/3.2-6574/">3.2-6574</a> through <a class="law" title="Civil penalties" href="/3.2-6580/">3.2-6580</a> shall not apply to: (i) a place or establishment that is operated under the immediate supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian as a hospital or <span class="dictionary">boarding establishment</span> where <span class="dictionary">animals</span> are harbored, boarded and cared for incident to the <span class="dictionary">treatment</span>, prevention, or alleviation of disease processes during the routine practice of the profession of veterinary medicine; or (ii) <span class="dictionary">animals</span> boarded under the immediate supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian.</p></section></text><history>1984, c. 492, &#xA7; 29-213.44; 1987, c. 488, &#xA7; 3.1-796.74; 1993, cc. 174, 959; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
