§ 54.1-2949 License required
It shall be unlawful for a person to practice or to hold himself out as practicing as a physician assistant or to use in connection with his name the words or letters “Physician Assistant” or “PA” unless he holds a license as such issued by the Board.
History
This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 765 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2013, chapter 144; in 2016, chapter 450.
1988, c. 765; 2013, c. 144; 2016, c. 450.