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2023 SESSION
23103428DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-48 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-48. Powers of Commissioner in epidemic.
A. Nothing in this article shall preclude the Commissioner
from requiring immediate immunization of all persons in case of an epidemic of
any disease of public health importance for which a vaccine exists other than (i) a person to whose health
the administration of a vaccine would be detrimental as certified in writing by
a physician licensed to practice medicine in this the Commonwealth and (ii) a person, including a parent or guardian
on behalf of a child, who objects on the grounds that the administration of the
vaccine conflicts with his religious tenets or practices.
B. In addition, the State Health
Commissioner shall hold the powers conferred pursuant to Article 3.02 (§
32.1-48.05 et seq.) of this chapter
to issue orders of quarantine or prepare orders of isolation for a communicable
disease of public health threat.