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The appointment of the remaining hearing aid specialist members may be made from a list of at least three names for each vacancy submitted to the Governor by the Virginia Society of Hearing Aid Specialists. Nominations for appointments to regular terms shall be submitted to the Governor on or before June 1 of each year. The Governor may notify the Society or Association, respectively, of any vacancy other than by expiration, and like nominations may be made for the filling of the vacancy. In no case shall the Governor be bound to make any appointment from among the nominees.B\n\nThe appointment of the licensed optician members may be made from a list of at least three names for each vacancy submitted to the Governor by the Opticians Association of Virginia for each appointee who is an optician, and by the Medical Society of Virginia for each appointee who is a physician. Nominations for appointments to regular terms shall be submitted to the Governor on or before June 1 of each year. 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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239691,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74893,"identifier":"54.1-1500.2","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/1\/54.1-1500.2","url":"\/54.1-1500.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-1500.2\/","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/1\/54.1-1500.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Nominations for Board appointments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-1500.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The appointment of the otolaryngologist member may be made from a list of at least three names submitted to the Governor by the Medical Society of Virginia. The appointment of one of the hearing aid<\/span> specialist members may be made from a list of at least three names submitted to the Governor by the Speech-Language Hearing Association of Virginia. The appointment of the remaining hearing aid<\/span> specialist members may be made from a list of at least three names for each vacancy submitted to the Governor by the Virginia Society of Hearing Aid<\/span> Specialists. Nominations for appointments to regular terms shall be submitted to the Governor on or before June 1 of each year. The Governor may notify the Society or Association, respectively, of any vacancy other than by expiration, and like nominations may be made for the filling of the vacancy. In no case shall the Governor be bound to make any appointment from among the nominees. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The appointment of the licensed optician<\/span> members may be made from a list of at least three names for each vacancy submitted to the Governor by the Opticians<\/span> Association of Virginia for each appointee who is an optician, and by the Medical Society of Virginia for each appointee who is a physician. Nominations for appointments to regular terms shall be submitted to the Governor on or before June 1 of each year. The Governor may notify the Society or Association, respectively, of any vacancy other than by expiration and like nominations may be made for the filling of the vacancy. In no case shall the Governor be bound to make any appointment from among the nominees. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOMINATIONS FOR BOARD APPOINTMENTS (\u00a7 54.1-1500.2)\n\nA. The appointment of the otolaryngologist member may be made from a list of at\nleast three names submitted to the Governor by the Medical Society of Virginia.\nThe appointment of one of the hearing aid specialist members may be made from a\nlist of at least three names submitted to the Governor by the Speech-Language\nHearing Association of Virginia. The appointment of the remaining hearing aid\nspecialist members may be made from a list of at least three names for each\nvacancy submitted to the Governor by the Virginia Society of Hearing Aid\nSpecialists. Nominations for appointments to regular terms shall be submitted to\nthe Governor on or before June 1 of each year. The Governor may notify the\nSociety or Association, respectively, of any vacancy other than by expiration,\nand like nominations may be made for the filling of the vacancy. In no case\nshall the Governor be bound to make any appointment from among the nominees.\n\nB. The appointment of the licensed optician members may be made from a list of\nat least three names for each vacancy submitted to the Governor by the Opticians\nAssociation of Virginia for each appointee who is an optician, and by the\nMedical Society of Virginia for each appointee who is a physician. Nominations\nfor appointments to regular terms shall be submitted to the Governor on or\nbefore June 1 of each year. The Governor may notify the Society or Association,\nrespectively, of any vacancy other than by expiration and like nominations may\nbe made for the filling of the vacancy. In no case shall the Governor be bound\nto make any appointment from among the nominees.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 803, 835.","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}}