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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 408 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1982, chapter 207; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1993, chapter 499; in 2017, chapter 423<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 249<\/a> and 250<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65566,"section_number":"54.1-101","catch_line":"Copies of examinations filed by regulatory boards","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-101\/"},{"id":72620,"section_number":"54.1-4424","catch_line":"Certain information not to be made public","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-4424\/"},{"id":81581,"section_number":"8.01-385","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-385\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239367,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75101,"identifier":"54.1-108","token":"54.1\/I\/1\/54.1-108","url":"\/54.1-108\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-108\/","token":"54.1\/I\/1\/54.1-108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosure of official records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Official records of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation or the Department of Health Professions or any board named in this title shall be subject to the disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (\u00a7 2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.), except for the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2.<\/span> Applications for admission to examinations or for licensure, certification, registration, or permitting and the scoring records maintained by any board or by the Departments on individuals or applicants. However, this material<\/span> may be (i) made available during normal working hours for copying by the subject individual or applicant at his expense at the office of the Department or board that possesses the material<\/span> or (ii) upon the request of the subject individual or applicant and at his expense, mailed or emailed to such individual or applicant at the address or email address on file with the applicable board or Department. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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