32.1-35 - List and reports of diseases and dangerous microbes and pathogens.
§ 32.1-35. List and reports of diseases and dangerous microbes and pathogens.
The Board shall promulgate from time to time a list of diseases, includingdiseases caused by exposure to any toxic substance as defined in § 32.1-239and including diseases that may be caused by exposure to an agent orsubstance that has the potential for use as a weapon, that shall be requiredto be reported. The Board shall also promulgate from time to time a list ofdangerous microbes and pathogens that shall be required to be reported bylaboratories. The Board may classify such diseases, microbes and pathogensand prescribe the manner and time of such reporting.
(Code 1950, § 32-16; 1979, c. 711; 2002, cc. 100, 768.)