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1958
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-24.1, relating to the time within which an action may be brought for damages suffered as the result of the treatment of public water supplies by fluoridation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain real and personal property exempted from taxation
AN ACT to provide for the creation and appointment of a commission on the aging, to prescribe its duties, responsibilities, and powers, and to appropriate moneys for the commission.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 19-50 and 19-285 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to confinement of prisoners being taken through the State and providing medical attendance, medicines and clothing for prisoners.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Irvington and to declare void all former charters thereof.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 28-107, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to State cadets in Virginia Military Institute and to their obligations as such.
An Act to amend and reenact § 32-60 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the prohibition of towels for common use.
An Act for the relief of Mrs. Ethel Jorden.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 54-784.1, relating to the power and authority of the Board of Veterinary Examiners; and to amend and reenact §§ 54-785, 54-786 and 54-789.4 of the Code, all relating to the regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry.
An Act to amend and reenact § 63-78.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the acceptance and expenditure of certain funds on behalf of children entrusted to local boards of public welfare when no guardian has been appointed.
An Act to authorize the State Hospital Board under certain conditions to establish, construct, equip and operate a State hospital within the geographical limits of certain counties.
AN ACT to prohibit use of any X-ray, fluoroscope, or other equipment or apparatus employing roentgen rays, in the fitting of shoes or other footwear, and to provide penalties for violation.
1959es
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-887.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to medical doctors’ revenue licenses.
An Act to authorize the city of Newport News to apply unexpended proceeds from bond sales for public improvements and redevelopment, in the event of abandonment of the Whittaker Memorial Hospital addition.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-75.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports of the results of blood analyses filed in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the admissibility of copies of certificates from such office.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 716 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, approved March 81, 1956, relating to the appropriation of the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively, on the thirtieth day of June, 1957, and the thirtieth day of June, 1958, so as to provide that the sums appropriated in Items 188, 184, 187, 188 and 148 shall be for the maintenance of an efficient system of elementary and secondary schools, respectively; to establish and define an elementary and secondary public school system; to prohibit the expenditure of any of the funds appropriated by such items in support of any system of public schools which is not efficient; and to provide for and prescribe the conditions under which such funds may be expended for educational purposes in furtherance of education of Virginia students in elementary and secondary nonsectarian private schools.
An Act to amend and reenact § 37-125.5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to contracts by the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals for the care of patients.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to property exempt from taxation.
An Act to appropriate certain funds for construction or improvement of facilities at the Western State Hospital.
1960
An Act to amend and reenact § 32-294, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to eligibility of persons for hospitalization under the State-Local Hospitalization program, so as to direct the Board of Welfare and Institutions to promulgate and distribute uniform eligibility standards as an aid to local authorizing agents.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-78 as amended, 68-241, 68-851 as amended, and 16.1-178 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local boards of welfare, and child placing agencies, consent required for adoptions, and to practice and procedure of courts having jurisdiction of certain children or minors charged with certain offenses.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-188 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the control, management and supervision of jail farms of counties and cities.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-205, 3-208.1, 8-208.7, 8-208.22, and 8-208.81 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, known as the Virginia Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Law, and to add §§ 8-203.1, 3-203.2 and 8-208.8:1, relating to the same subject.
An Act to amend and reenact § 35-8.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to requirements for gas burning heaters used in hotels, inns, houses of entertainment, or other houses licensed for the lodging, care, or entertainment of the public
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-298 as amended, 54-299 as amended, and 54-810 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, said sections relating generally to certification to practice the healing arts and specifically to Part I and to Part II of the examinations given to applicants for certificates to practice the healing arts, and to the issuance of certificates to practice the healing arts to applicants from without the State.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-441 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, relating to dangerous drugs.
An Act for the relief of James S. Nicholas.
An Act to provide a charter for the city of Colonial Heights, and to repeal Chapter 144 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, entitled 'An act to provide a new charter for the city of Colonial Heights ...', as amended.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-807 as amended, 54-808 as amended, 54-808.5, 54-810 as amended, and 54-310.1, of the Code of Virginia, relating respectively to fees for examinations in the healing arts, requirements for admission to examination on chiropody, requirements for admission to examination on physical therapy, the issuance of certificates to practice the healing arts to applicants from without the state, and the issuance of certificates to practice physical therapy to certain applicants without examination.
An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 40-96, and 40-97, as amended, 40-100, 40-100.6, 40-101, 40-102, 40-104 as amended, 40-105, 40-106, 40-107, 40-108, 40-109 as amended, 40-110, 40-111, 40-114, 40-116 and 40-118 of the Code of Virginia, all relating to employment of children, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 40-100.4:1, to prescribe the conditions for employment of children pursuant to a work-training certificate in certain cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-225 of the Code of Virginia, relating to duty of motorists to yield right of way to certain emergency vehicles.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2-259 of the Code of Virginia, relating to purchases of flour.
An Act to amend and reenact § 35-8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to posting certain notice in certain places wherein oxygen consuming fuels are used for heating bedrooms.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 28-85.3 and 28-35.5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the authorization of medical and dental scholarships, providing for written contracts therefor and prescribing relief from obligations under such contracts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-85, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to duty to furnish medical attention and the effect of refusal of employee to accept in workmen’s compensation cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 40-35, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to hours of work of women.
An Act to authorize the Governor and the State Hospital Board, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to convey certain property of the Petersburg Training School and Hospital to the College of William and Mary in Virginia and to Frank J. Reiter and Lillian B. Retter, his wife.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-85, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the duty of employers to furnish medical attention under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 68-127.1, to provide for the execution of deeds of trust by recipients of old age assistance and the redemption and foreclosure of such deeds of trust.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 32-148, 2-158, and 82-154 of the Code of Virginia, these sections being part of Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title $2, which article relates to maternity hospitals, the sections themselves relating, respectively, to permits required for the operation of such hospitals, the granting of such permits, and the prerequisites to the granting of the permits.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-260.25 of the Code of Virginia, relating to funeral directors, so as to provide exemption from examination to certain persons who were hospitalized in a veteran’s hospital due to service-connected disability.
An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the laws of Virginia relating to vital statistics
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-518 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition against obtaining narcotic drugs by fraud, deceit or forgery, so as to extend the provisions thereof to certain other medicinal preparations.
An Act to repeal §§ 7-10, 87-11 and 87-12 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment, salaries, perquisites and removal of certain resident officers of the State Hospital Board.
An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 8$2-195.1, 82-195.2, 82-195.8 and 82-195.16 of the Code of Virginia, relating to contracts and plans for future hospitalization, medical and surgical services, and to repeal §§ 82-195.6 and 32-195.7 of the Code of Virginia, providing that rates for such contracts and plans shall be fixed by the State Corporation Commis-
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-16.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to contributions by governing bodies of counties, cities and towns.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 51-111.10, 51-111.11, 51-111.16, §1-111.29, 51-111.34, 51-111.88, 51-111.88:8, 51-111.46, 51-111.47, §1-111.55, 51-111.56, 51-111.57, 51-111.58, 51-111.59, 51-111.62 and §1-111.68 of the Code of Virginia as severally amended, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 3.2 of Title 51 an article numbered 4.2 and sections numbered 51-111.88:10, 51-111.88:11, §1-111.88:12, §1-111.88 213, 51-111.88:14, 51-111.88:15, 51-111.88:16, §1-111.41:1 and 51-111.58:1, the amended and new sections relating to definitions in the Virginia Supplemental Retirement Act, establishment of Retirement System, revocation of rights by General Assembly and rights on dissolution, local pension systems, procedure when employer in default, participation of certain employees of the Departments of the Army and Air Force, United States Property and Fiscal Office of Virginia, how certain members may obtain credit for prior service, member contributions, employer contributions, service retirement allowance and increase therein, disability retirement and conditions therefor, disability retirement allowance and deductions therefrom, withdrawal before death or retirement, and survivor benefits; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 3.2 of Title 51 an article numbered 9 containing sections numbered 51-111.67:1 through 51-111.67:18, so as to provide survivor benefits for certain State and local employees and officers, and to this end to authorize the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System to effect certain contracts of insurance upon the lives of certain officers and employees of the Commonwealth and of its political subdivisions; to authorize such officers and employees to join in and contribute to the cost of such insurance; to set forth the contributions which the Commonwealth and such political subdivisions, officers and employees, shall pay; to provide the terms under which such insurance may be effected and the amounts thereof; to provide for the continuation of such insurance under certain conditions; and to repeal certain acts and parts thereof inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-2738, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to definitions in laws relating to the healing
An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to crimes and offenses generally; to that end to repeal Title 18 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 11 and §§ 18-1 to 18-366, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to crimes and offenses generally; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 18.1, which title includes eight new chapters numbered 1 to 8, both inclusive, and new sections numbered §§ 18.1-1 to 18.1-429, both inclusive, relating to crimes and offenses generally; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act.
An Act for the relief of Mr. Ray DeHart.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 45-26 as amended, 54-24, 54-98, 54-260.18, 54-295.7, 54-841, 54-3895, 54-898.12, 54-741 and 54-789 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation allowed to members of certain boards and to the use of the funds of such boards.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 38.1-472 as amended, 88.1-475, 38.1-476, 88.1-477, 38.1-479 as amended and 38.1-480 of the Code of Virginia, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered $88.1-472.1 and 38.1-476.1, the amended and new sections relating to group life insurance; and to repeal §§ 38.1-478, 88.1-474 as amended, 88.1-477.1, 88.1-477.2, 38.1-478 and 38.1-481, relating to the same matters.
An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to criminal procedure; to that end to repeal Title 19 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 13 and §§ 19-1 to 19-342, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to criminal procedure; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 19.1, which title includes fifteen new chapters numbered 1 to 15, both inclusive, and new sections numbered §§ 19.1-1 to 19.1-878, both inclusive, relating to criminal procedure; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 32-392, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to definitions of the words Hospital, Nonprofit, Nursing School, Nurse Training Facility, and Council, so as to define Charitable Institution.
An Act to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1961, and the thirtieth day of June, 1962.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to filing a copy of examinations given by the Board of Veterinary Examiners.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 38.1-424, 38.1-426, 38.1-427 and 38.1-428 of the Code of Virginia, and to amend the Code by adding sections numbered 38.1-424.1, 38.1-426.1, 38.1-427.1, 38.1-428.1, 38.1-428.2, 38.1-428.3 and 38.1-428.4, the amended and new sections all relating to standard provisions in policies of group life insurance.
An Act to amend and reenact § 23-36.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nursing scholarships.
An Act to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to Secs. 110, 118, 119 and 120 of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
Proposing an amendment to Section 30 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 16.1-178.2, so as to permit juvenile and domestic relations courts and the Department of Welfare and Institutions to commit certain juveniles to the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals under certain circumstances.
An Act to require persons possessing, storing or using radiation machines and radioactive materials to register with the State Health Department, and to provide penalties for violations.
An Act for the relief of Bradley M. Self.
An Act to encourage, foster and facilitate the industrial and economic development of the Commonwealth by promoting the education at institutions of higher learning of residents of this State; and to this end to create a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to be known as the State Education Assistance Authority and to define its powers and duties; to grant powers to the Authority to further the objectives of the act; to provide that no debt of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision other than the Authority created by this act shall be incurred by the acts and undertakings of the Authority; to authorize all agencies, officers and employees of the Commonwealth and of its political subdivisions to cooperate with and contribute property to the Authority; to appropriate funds to the Authority; ana to proviae jor matters in connection with the foregoing.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9.10, as amended, 9.11 and 9.18 of Chapter 586 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, being the charter of the city of Alexandria.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 88.1-368.1, relating to fire insurance policies so as to exclude loss or damage caused by nuclear reaction or nuclear radiation or radioactive contamination.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 82-220 and 32-222 of the Code of Virginia, relating to commissioners of hospital authorities generally and com-nee of authority which includes nonprofit or charitable hos-itals.
An Act to amend and reenact § 87-128, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to board of certain State hospital and colony patients in private homes.
An Act for the relief of Norfolk General Hospital.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 54-446.1, relating to burden of proof as to certain provisions under the “Dangerous Drug Law” in Article 5 of Chapter 15 of Title 54 of the Code of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 37-1.1 and 37-5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain definitions of certain State institutions and to continuation of the Petersburg Training School.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-85, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to medical attentions in workmen’s compensation cases.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ $7-125.1 and $7-125.5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to limit of liability for maintenance of patients at certain hospitals and colonies, and to contracts for the maintenance of such persons.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 37-254, as amended, 37-259 and 37-260 of the Code of Virginia, relating generally to licensing and regulation by the State Hospital Board of certain private institutions for the care of mentally ill persons, alcoholics and drug addicts; and to amend the Code by adding thereto sections numbered 37-258.1, 37-258.2 and 37-258.8, so as to set forth grounds for revocation or suspension of licenses; to provide for appeal from such revocation or suspension or from refusal to grant license; to permit the Board to obtain injunctions against unlawful operation of such institutions and violations of regulations; and to increase the penalty for continuation of a violation.
An Act to affirm and ratify the conveyance of certain lands owned by the Medical College of Virginia, a Virginia corporation, to the Commonwealth of Virginia, State Hospital Board.
An Act to amend and reenact § 37-87 of the Code of Virginia, relating to receipt of gifts and endowments by the State Hospital Board.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 189 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 9, 1946, relating to investment and expenditure of funds held by the trustees of Margaret Academy.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 87-230.1, to provide for disposal of unclaimed personal property of certain patients in State hospitals and colonies.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-16.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to power of counties, cities and towns to make gifts and donations to certain private persons.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-255, 46.1-256, 46.1-265, 46.1-267, 46.1-268 and 46.1-287 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation of flares, reflectors and other signals for stopped vehicles and to other lights required on vehicles.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-428 of the Code of Virginia, relating to suspension and restoration of license of person committed to institution as inebriate or habitual user of drugs.
An Act to amend and reenact § 68-101, as amended, defining terms used in the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Law, so as to specifically include hospitalization as an element of medical care in the definitions of certain categories of public assistance.
An Act to permit physicians to disclose certain information in connection with the conduct of certain medical studies, to provide for the confi- dential nature of such information in the hands of those conducting the study, and to protect the anonymity of the patient and physician concerned.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 590 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 8, 1952, which provided a charter for the town of Emporia, the section relating to powers of the town.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-81, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to deductions from income for purposes of taxation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain real estate and personal property exempted from taxation.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 28-39, as amended, 28-48, 28-44, 28-45, as amended, 28-57.1, 28-61, 28-71, 28-98.1, as amended, 28-95, as amended, 28-99, 28-100, 28-108, as amended, 28-110, 28-128, as amended, 28-124, as amended, 28-186, as amended, 28-187, 28-187.1, as amended, 28-141, 28-142, 28-157, 28-170, as amended, 28-171, 28-172, 28-178, as amended, 28-187, 28-188, 28-191, 28-195, as amended, 28-201.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, and to further amend the Code of Virginia by adding to Title 28 three new sections numbered 28-45.01, 28-162.1 and 28-201.4, all of which sections relate to fish, oysters, shellfish, crabs, clams and other seafoods, the setting, taking, catching the same, and transporting and marketing seafood, in "Tide-water Virginia’, the rentals, licenses, taxes and other fees imposed in connection therewith and collected by the Commission of Fisheries, and the policing of the fish, oyster and seafood industries within the jurisdiction of the Commission of Fisheries, and to repeal §§ 28-102, 28-144, 28-168 and 28-164 of the Code of Virginia.
1962
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 82 a chapter numbered Chapter 26, and consisting of §§ 32-415 through 32-422, relating to migrant labor camps, providing standards as to the manner in which such camps shall be operated; providing minimum requirement as to sanitary facilities and segregation of the sexes at such camps; authorizing the State Board of Health and local departments of health to supervise and police such camps, permitting the State Board of Health to provide rules and regulations applicable to such camps; and providing penalties.
An Act to provide for the entry of the Commonwealth of Virginia into the Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact; to provide for the selection and term of office of Virginia’s representative on the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board; to limit the effect of certain agreements under the Compact; to provide for cooperation with the Board by agencies of this State; and to make an appropriation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 51-186, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to retirement for disability of members of the State Police.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 35 a chapter numbered 3.1, containing §§ 35-42.2 through 35-42.8, to define imitation cream, to provide for its labeling, to prohibit its use in public eating places unless labeled, and to provide a penalty for violation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 82-91 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the reporting of persons suspected of having venereal disease.
An Act to amend and reenact § 37-33 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation and expenses of members of the State Hospital Board
An Act for the relief of Henry N. Harmon.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 63, a Chapter numbered 6.1, consisting of sections numbered 63-140.1 through 63-140.2:1 and 63-140.8 through 63-140.16, providing for medical assistance for aged persons, prescribing certain rules and regulations, prescribing for review and appropriating the funds therefor.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 638-44 and 63-101, 638-106, as amended, and 68-110 of the Code of Virginia, authorizing the Commissioner of Public Welfare to receive grants-in-aid, funds and gifts, defining terms used in the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Law, requiring the Commissioner of Public Welfare to reimburse localities for certain expenditures under the provisions of the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Law, and relating to certain allocations of funds by the State Board for public assistance.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-276 of the Code of Virginia, relating to exceptions and exemptions to the prohibition of the practice of the healing arts by unlicensed persons.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 6.08, 11.03 and 25.05 of Chapter 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958 relating to the budget, the Director of Public Health and clerks of courts of record.
An Act to authorize the State Hospital Board with the consent of the Governor to exchange certain real estate for other real estate now federally owned.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54-445.1, relating to the obtaining of dangerous drugs by certain means