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This law was first created in 1954. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 237 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 1954 \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 1974, chapter 534; in 1988, chapter 765; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239719,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83029,"identifier":"54.1-1507","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/3\/54.1-1507","url":"\/54.1-1507\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-1507\/","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/3\/54.1-1507","dublin_core":{"Title":"Practice of opticians restricted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-1507","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person shall practice or offer to practice as an optician<\/span> in the Commonwealth unless he holds a license issued under this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRACTICE OF OPTICIANS RESTRICTED (\u00a7 54.1-1507)\n\nNo person shall practice or offer to practice as an optician in the Commonwealth\nunless he holds a license issued under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 237, \u00a7 54-398.3; 1974, c. 534; 1988, c. 765, \u00a7 54.1-1704;\n2012, 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}}