{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-6562.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 3.2-6562.1","heading":"Rabies exposure; local authority and responsibility plan","body":"The local health director, in conjunction with the governing body of the locality, shall adopt a plan to control and respond to the risk of rabies exposure to persons and companion animals. Such plan shall set forth a procedure that promptly ensures the capture, confinement, isolation, or euthanasia of any animal that has exposed, or poses a risk of exposing, a person or companion animal to rabies. The plan shall identify the authority and responsibility of the local health department, law-enforcement officers, animal control officers, and any other persons with a duty to control or respond to a risk of rabies exposure. The plan shall provide for law-enforcement officers, animal control officers, and other persons to report to and be directed by the local health director for such purposes.2010, c. 834.","path":["Title 3.2. AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD","Subtitle V. DOMESTIC ANIMALS","Chapter 65. COMPREHENSIVE ANIMAL CARE","Article 7. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS AND HUMANE INVESTIGATORS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/3.2-6562.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:19Z","sha256":"026a9db1b91c69e524be4d6199f03a4d59d0ea97c3e083aeca9a32650174ae93","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-6562","next":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-6562.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}