Bill Text: VA HB212 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Veterinary establishments; regulations, presentation of a deceased companion animal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions [HB212 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB212-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 212 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled December 28, 2015 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3804.2, relating to veterinary establishments; regulations; presentation of a deceased companion animal. ---------- Patron-- LeMunyon ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3804.2 as follows:

§54.1-3804.2. Regulations; presentation of a deceased companion animal.

The Board shall adopt regulations applicable to full-service establishments where veterinary medicine is practiced requiring an acceptable method of presentation of a deceased companion animal to its owner. Such method shall include the use of an appropriate container.