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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 826 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. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1998, chapter 129<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":203227,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75335,"identifier":"32.1-138.7","token":"32.1\/5\/2.1\/32.1-138.7","url":"\/32.1-138.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-138.7\/","token":"32.1\/5\/2.1\/32.1-138.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificates of registration required; issuance; transferability; regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-138.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A private review agent<\/span> may not conduct utilization reviews<\/span> in the Commonwealth unless the Department<\/span> has granted the private review agent<\/span> a certificate of registration<\/span>. The Department<\/span> shall issue<\/span> a certificate of registration<\/span> to an applicant that has met the minimum standards required by this article and applicable regulations of the Department<\/span>. A certificate of registration<\/span> issued under this article is not transferable.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION REQUIRED; ISSUANCE; TRANSFERABILITY; REGULATIONS\n(\u00a7 32.1-138.7)\n\nA private review agent may not conduct utilization reviews in the Commonwealth\nunless the Department has granted the private review agent a certificate of\nregistration. The Department shall issue a certificate of registration to an\napplicant that has met the minimum standards required by this article and\napplicable regulations of the Department. A certificate of registration issued\nunder this article is not transferable.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 826, \u00a7 38.2-5301; 1998, c. 129.","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}}