The Board shall promulgate from time to time a list of diseases, including diseases caused by exposure to any toxic substance as defined in § 32.1-239 and including diseases that may be caused by exposure to an agent or substance that has the potential for use as a weapon, that shall be required to be reported. The Board shall also promulgate from time to time a list of dangerous microbes and pathogens that shall be required to be reported by laboratories. The Board may classify such diseases, microbes and pathogens and prescribe the manner and time of such reporting.
Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-35
List and reports of diseases and dangerous microbes and pathogens
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Alipio v. Fairridge OBGYN Associates, P.C. (2016)
Most recently applied in Alipio v. Fairridge OBGYN Associates, P.C. (April 2016)
Code 1950, § 32-16; 1979, c. 711; 2002, cc. 100, 768.
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