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Two members of each board established hereafter shall be citizen members and the remainder of the members shall be practitioners of the profession or occupation which is being regulated. Citizen members shall participate in all matters except decisions regarding the examination of applicants for licensure or decisions regarding the professional competence of licensees. Terms of the members shall be staggered to ensure a continuing body.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":268438,"text":"A regulatory board established to administer a system of certification or licensure as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 54.1-310 and 54.1-311, unless otherwise specified by law, shall consist of at least five members. The Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation may recommend to the General Assembly the number of members to be placed on the regulatory board. Two members of each board established hereafter shall be citizen members and the remainder of the members shall be practitioners of the profession or occupation which is being regulated. Citizen members shall participate in all matters except decisions regarding the examination of applicants for licensure or decisions regarding the professional competence of licensees. 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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 408 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 1979 \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 1993, chapter 499.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61302,"section_number":"54.1-2012","catch_line":"Real Estate Appraiser Board; membership; chairman; meetings; seal","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2012\/"},{"id":56882,"section_number":"54.1-2013","catch_line":"General powers of Real Estate Appraiser Board; regulations; educational requirements for licensure","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2013\/"},{"id":80773,"section_number":"54.1-2200.2","catch_line":"Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists; membership; quorum","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2200.2\/"},{"id":54676,"section_number":"54.1-2342","catch_line":"Penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2342\/"},{"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\/"},{"id":56501,"section_number":"54.1-307.1","catch_line":"Time for filing complaints against regulants","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-307.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56616,"section_number":"54.1-310","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-310\/"},{"id":70301,"section_number":"54.1-311","catch_line":"Degrees of regulation","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-311\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239785,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74681,"identifier":"54.1-200","token":"54.1\/II\/2\/54.1-200","url":"\/54.1-200\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-200\/","token":"54.1\/II\/2\/54.1-200","dublin_core":{"Title":"Composition of regulatory boards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-200","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A regulatory board established to administer a system of certification or licensure as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 54.1-310<\/a> and 54.1-311<\/a>, unless otherwise specified by law<\/span>, shall consist of at least five members. The Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation may recommend to the General Assembly the number of members to be placed on the regulatory board. Two members of each board established hereafter shall be citizen members and the remainder of the members shall be practitioners of the profession or occupation which is being regulated. Citizen members shall participate in all matters except decisions regarding the examination of applicants for licensure or decisions regarding the professional competence of licensees. Terms of the members shall be staggered to ensure a continuing body.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPOSITION OF REGULATORY BOARDS (\u00a7 54.1-200)\n\nA regulatory board established to administer a system of certification or\nlicensure as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 54.1-310 and 54.1-311, unless otherwise specified\nby law, shall consist of at least five members. The Board for Professional and\nOccupational Regulation may recommend to the General Assembly the number of\nmembers to be placed on the regulatory board. Two members of each board\nestablished hereafter shall be citizen members and the remainder of the members\nshall be practitioners of the profession or occupation which is being regulated.\nCitizen members shall participate in all matters except decisions regarding the\nexamination of applicants for licensure or decisions regarding the professional\ncompetence of licensees. Terms of the members shall be staggered to ensure a\ncontinuing body.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 408, \u00a7 54-1.27; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c. 499.","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}}