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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 522 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 1975 \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 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0625\">625<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239749,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64129,"identifier":"54.1-1801","token":"54.1\/II\/18\/54.1-1801","url":"\/54.1-1801\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-1801\/","token":"54.1\/II\/18\/54.1-1801","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-1801","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> All <span class=\"dictionary\">polygraph examiners<\/span> shall be licensed pursuant to this chapter. <a id=\"paragraph-233483\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-1801\/#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> All <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> who operate any <span class=\"dictionary\">other detection device<\/span> shall be licensed pursuant to this chapter. <a id=\"paragraph-233484\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-1801\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSES (\u00a7 54.1-1801)\n\nA. All polygraph examiners shall be licensed pursuant to this chapter.\n\nB. All persons who operate any other detection device shall be licensed pursuant\nto this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 522, \u00a7 54-918; 1988, c. 765; 2010, c. 625.","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}}