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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64082</law_id><section_number>32.1-238</section_number><catch_line>Impounding sources of ionizing radiation</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="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Environmental Health Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Radiation Control</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> is authorized, in the event of an emergency or under other circumstances constituting a hazard to health and safety, to impound or <span class="dictionary">order</span> the impounding of sources of <span class="dictionary">ionizing radiation</span> in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who is not equipped to observe or fails to observe the provisions of this article or any regulations issued thereunder.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-414.17; 1964, c. 158; 1979, c. 711; 2008, cc. 41, 466.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
