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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 991<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":184723,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66073,"identifier":"23.1-217","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-217","url":"\/23.1-217\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-217\/","token":"23.1\/I\/2\/3\/23.1-217","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certification required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-217","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person shall open, operate, or conduct any postsecondary school<\/span> in the Commonwealth without certification to operate such postsecondary school<\/span> issued by the Council<\/span>. The Council<\/span> shall certify those postsecondary schools<\/span> in compliance with Council<\/span> regulations issued pursuant to this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Postsecondary schools<\/span> shall seek such certification from the Council<\/span> immediately after receipt of a valid business license issued by the relevant official of the locality in which it seeks to operate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATION REQUIRED (\u00a7 23.1-217)\n\nA. No person shall open, operate, or conduct any postsecondary school in the\nCommonwealth without certification to operate such postsecondary school issued\nby the Council. The Council shall certify those postsecondary schools in\ncompliance with Council regulations issued pursuant to this article.\n\nB. Postsecondary schools shall seek such certification from the Council\nimmediately after receipt of a valid business license issued by the relevant\nofficial of the locality in which it seeks to operate.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 991, \u00a7 23-276.14; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}