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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 4 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 1988, chapter 765; in 1992, chapter 659; in 1993, chapter 499; in 2025, chapter 341<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"},{"id":65440,"section_number":"54.1-2400","catch_line":"General powers and duties of health regulatory boards","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239371,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56621,"identifier":"54.1-109","token":"54.1\/I\/1\/54.1-109","url":"\/54.1-109\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-109\/","token":"54.1\/I\/1\/54.1-109","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reviews and appeals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-109","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who has been aggrieved by any action of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, the Department of Health Professions, the Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation, any regulatory board within the Departments, or any panel<\/span> of a health regulatory board convened pursuant to \u00a7 54.1-2400<\/a> shall be entitled to a review of such action. Appeals<\/span> from such actions shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVIEWS AND APPEALS (\u00a7 54.1-109)\n\nAny person who has been aggrieved by any action of the Department of\nProfessional and Occupational Regulation, the Department of Health Professions,\nthe Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation, any regulatory board\nwithin the Departments, or any panel of a health regulatory board convened\npursuant to \u00a7 54.1-2400 shall be entitled to a review of such action. Appeals\nfrom such actions shall be in accordance with the provisions of the\nAdministrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 408, \u00a7 54-1.19; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 659; 1993, c. 499;\n2025, c. 341.","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}}