                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IDENTIFICATION OF RELAY AREAS (§ 28.2-818)

Officers and employees of the Department of Health shall examine the area to
which shellfish from condemned areas are relayed and ensure that adequate and
proper corner stakes or buoys have been put in place by the lessee before a
permit is issued to transport to or plant the area. When shellfish from
condemned grounds are relayed onto approved grounds, a twenty-five-foot open
area shall be maintained between each bed. Each corner stake or buoy shall be
marked by a yellow flag or bunting of not less than fifteen inches by fifteen
inches, and the marking shall remain until a special permit to remove the
shellfish for sale or shipment has been obtained from the State Health
Commissioner.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-162.1; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-179; 1966,
c. 684; 1968, c. 745; 1979, c. 274; 1981, c. 52; 1986, c. 184; 1988, c. 600;
1992, c. 836.