12VAC5-610-20. Purpose of regulations.
This chapter has been promulgated by the State Board of Health to:
1. Assure that all sewage is handled and disposed of in a safe and sanitary manner;
2. Guide the State Health Commissioner in his determination of whether a permit for handling or disposing of sewage should be issued or denied; and
3. Guide the owner in the requirements necessary to secure a permit for handling and disposing of sewage.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-164 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR355-34-02 § 1.2, eff. February 5, 1986; amended, eff. May 11, 1988; Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 16, eff. July 1, 2000.
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