Va. Code § 28.2-818

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 28.2-818 - Identification of relay areas

Officers and employees of the Department of Health shall examine the area to which shellfish from condemned areas are relayed and ensure that adequate and proper corner stakes or buoys have been put in place by the lessee before a permit is issued to transport to or plant the area. When shellfish from condemned grounds are relayed onto approved grounds, a twenty-five-foot open area shall be maintained between each bed. Each corner stake or buoy shall be marked by a yellow flag or bunting of not less than fifteen inches by fifteen inches, and the marking shall remain until a special permit to remove the shellfish for sale or shipment has been obtained from the State Health Commissioner.

Va. Code § 28.2-818

Code 1950, § 28-162.1; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-179; 1966, c. 684; 1968, c. 745; 1979, c. 274; 1981, c. 52; 1986, c. 184; 1988, c. 600; 1992, c. 836.

Amended by Acts 1992, c. 836.

Amended by Acts 1988, c. 600.

Amended by Acts 1986, c. 184.

Amended by Acts 1981, c. 52.

Amended by Acts 1979, c. 274.

Amended by Acts 1968, c. 745.

Amended by Acts 1966, c. 684.

Amended by Acts 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-179.

Amended by Acts 1960, c. 517.