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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0343\">343<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80292,"section_number":"54.1-306","catch_line":"Enforcement of laws by Director or investigators; authority of investigators appointed by Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-306\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239545,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60926,"identifier":"54.1-1121","token":"54.1\/II\/11\/2\/54.1-1121","url":"\/54.1-1121\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-1121\/","token":"54.1\/II\/11\/2\/54.1-1121","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-1121","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon receipt of the notice of proceedings against the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulant<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may cause its own investigation to be conducted pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Enforcement of laws by Director or investigators; authority of investigators appointed by Director\" href=\"\/54.1-306\/\">54.1-306<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATIONS (\u00a7 54.1-1121)\n\nUpon receipt of the notice of proceedings against the regulant, the Department\nmay cause its own investigation to be conducted pursuant to \u00a7 54.1-306.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 555, \u00a7 54-145.3:3.1; 1988, c. 765; 2013, c. 343.","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}}