28.2-818 - Identification of relay areas. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-818. Identification of relay areas.

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

(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.)