Virginia § 32.1-37.01 - Posting of information about cases of communicable disease of public health threat
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 32.1-37.01 — Posting of information about cases of communicable disease of public health threat, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32.1-37.01. Posting of information about cases of communicable disease of public health threat
A. As used in this section:
"Reporting entity" means a medical care facility, residential or day program, service or facility licensed or operated by any agency of the Commonwealth, school, or summer camp required to report an outbreak of a communicable disease pursuant to § 32.1-37.
B. Upon declaration of an emergency by the Governor pursuant to § 44-146.17 in response to a communicable disease of public health threat, the Department shall make information regarding outbreaks of such communicable disease of public health threat reported pursuant to § 32.1-37 available to the public on a website maintained by the Department, provided the release of such information does not violate the provisions of § 32.1-41. Such information shall include (i) the name of the reporting entity at which an outbreak of such communicable disease of public health threat has been reported; (ii) the number of confirmed cases of such communicable disease of public health threat reported by such reporting entity; and (iii) the number of deaths resulting from such communicable disease of public health threat reported by such reporting entity.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32.1-37.01 ("Posting of information about cases of communicable disease of public health threat") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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