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When a hearing officer presides, the regulatory board shall determine whether the hearing officer is to hear the case alone or with a panel of a health regulatory board convened pursuant to &#xA7; 54.1-2400 or whether the board is to hear the case with the hearing officer.B\n\nA board member shall disqualify himself and withdraw from any case in which he cannot accord fair and impartial consideration. Any party may request the disqualification of any board member by stating with particularity the grounds upon which it is claimed that fair and impartial consideration cannot be accorded. The remaining members of the board or panel shall determine whether the individual should be disqualified.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":308088,"text":"Every hearing in a contested case shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.). 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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 3 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 1986, chapter 615; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1992, chapter 659.<\/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":239375,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86029,"identifier":"54.1-110","token":"54.1\/I\/1\/54.1-110","url":"\/54.1-110\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-110\/","token":"54.1\/I\/1\/54.1-110","dublin_core":{"Title":"Presiding officer; participation of board in hearing; disqualification of board member","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-110","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Every <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> in a contested case shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; purpose\" href=\"\/2.2-4000\/\">2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.). When a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> officer presides, the regulatory board shall determine whether the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> officer is to hear the case alone or with a <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> of a health regulatory board convened pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"General powers and duties of health regulatory boards\" href=\"\/54.1-2400\/\">54.1-2400<\/a> or whether the board is to hear the case with the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> officer. <a id=\"paragraph-308088\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-110\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> A board member shall disqualify himself and withdraw from any case in which he cannot accord fair and impartial consideration. Any <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> may request the disqualification of any board member by stating with particularity the grounds upon which it is claimed that fair and impartial consideration cannot be accorded. The remaining members of the board or <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> shall determine whether the individual should be disqualified. <a id=\"paragraph-308089\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-110\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRESIDING OFFICER; PARTICIPATION OF BOARD IN HEARING; DISQUALIFICATION OF BOARD\nMEMBER (\u00a7 54.1-110)\n\nA. Every hearing in a contested case shall be conducted in accordance with the\nprovisions of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.). When a\nhearing officer presides, the regulatory board shall determine whether the\nhearing officer is to hear the case alone or with a panel of a health regulatory\nboard convened pursuant to &#xA7; 54.1-2400 or whether the board is to hear the\ncase with the hearing officer.\n\nB. A board member shall disqualify himself and withdraw from any case in which\nhe cannot accord fair and impartial consideration. Any party may request the\ndisqualification of any board member by stating with particularity the grounds\nupon which it is claimed that fair and impartial consideration cannot be\naccorded. The remaining members of the board or panel shall determine whether\nthe individual should be disqualified.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 408, \u00a7 54-1.37; 1986, c. 615; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 659.","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}}