                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES; PREVENTION AND ERADICATION; PRESENCE OF
BIOLOGICAL RESIDUES (§ 3.2-6002)

A. The State Veterinarian shall take such measures as may be necessary to
prevent the spread of and eradicate contagious and infectious livestock and
poultry diseases. The Board may adopt regulations as may be necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this article. The Board and the Commissioner are also
authorized to make the regulations adopted under this article conform, insofar
as practicable, to those regulations adopted under federal statutes governing
animal health.

B. The Commissioner may adopt by reference any federal regulation adopted
pursuant to any federal statute relating to animal health, amending it as
necessary for intrastate applicability. Any regulation adopted by the
Commissioner pursuant to this subsection shall be effective upon filing with the
Registrar of Regulations, who shall publish the regulation as a final regulation
in the Virginia Register of Regulations, or upon a date specified by the
Department that is after the filing.
			The regulation shall contain a preamble stating that the Board will receive,
consider and respond to a petition by any interested person at any time with
respect to reconsideration or revision of such regulation. Neither the
requirements of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.) nor
public participation guidelines adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to the
adoption of any regulation by the Commissioner pursuant to this subsection.

C. The Board, after giving notice in the Virginia Register of Regulations, may
reconsider and revise the regulation adopted by the Commissioner. If, upon
reconsideration, the Board determines that the regulation should be revised
other than as authorized by subsection B, the Board may amend the regulation
only as authorized by the Administrative Process Act.

D. The Commissioner and the Board may use the powers granted by this article to
abate the presence of biological residues in or on livestock or poultry.
Biological residues shall mean those substances remaining in or on any animal
prior to or at the time of slaughter as the result of treatment or exposure that
are determined by the Commissioner and the Board to be or to have the potential
for being injurious to the health of humans or animals.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-568; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-726; 1977, c. 299; 1981, c.
130; 1991, c. 294; 2008, c. 860.