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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 571 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 1970 \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 1974, chapter 534; in 1986, chapter 279; in 1988, chapter 765; in 2005, chapter 599<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 273<\/a> and 274<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239705,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61900,"identifier":"54.1-1504","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/2\/54.1-1504","url":"\/54.1-1504\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-1504\/","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/2\/54.1-1504","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-1504","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person shall engage in the practice of fitting or dealing in prescription hearing aids<\/span> or display a sign or in any other way advertise or represent himself as a person who practices the fitting or dealing of prescription hearing aids<\/span> unless he holds a license as provided in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring a licensee to engage in the business of selling over-the-counter hearing aids<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE REQUIRED (\u00a7 54.1-1504)\n\nNo person shall engage in the practice of fitting or dealing in prescription\nhearing aids or display a sign or in any other way advertise or represent\nhimself as a person who practices the fitting or dealing of prescription hearing\naids unless he holds a license as provided in this chapter. Nothing in this\nchapter shall be construed as requiring a licensee to engage in the business of\nselling over-the-counter hearing aids.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 571, \u00a7 54-524.111; 1974, c. 534; 1986, c. 279; 1988, c. 765;\n2005, c. 599; 2023, cc. 273, 274.","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}}