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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 401 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71957,"section_number":"2.2-4020","catch_line":"Formal hearings; litigated issues","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4020\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239801,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78265,"identifier":"54.1-203","token":"54.1\/II\/2\/54.1-203","url":"\/54.1-203\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-203\/","token":"54.1\/II\/2\/54.1-203","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recovery of cost after grant of formal fact-finding","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-203","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

After a formal fact<\/span>-finding<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-4020<\/a> wherein a sanction<\/span> is imposed to fine, or to suspend, revoke or deny renewal of any license, certificate or registration, the regulatory board or the Department may assess the holder thereof the cost of conducting such fact<\/span>-finding<\/span> when the board or Department has final authority to grant such license, certificate or registration, unless the board or Department determines that the offense<\/span> was inadvertent or done in a good faith belief that such act did not violate a statute<\/span> or regulation. The cost shall be limited to (i) the reasonable hourly rate for the hearing<\/span> officer and (ii) the actual cost of recording the proceedings.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECOVERY OF COST AFTER GRANT OF FORMAL FACT-FINDING (\u00a7 54.1-203)\n\nAfter a formal fact-finding pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-4020 wherein a sanction is\nimposed to fine, or to suspend, revoke or deny renewal of any license,\ncertificate or registration, the regulatory board or the Department may assess\nthe holder thereof the cost of conducting such fact-finding when the board or\nDepartment has final authority to grant such license, certificate or\nregistration, unless the board or Department determines that the offense was\ninadvertent or done in a good faith belief that such act did not violate a\nstatute or regulation. The cost shall be limited to (i) the reasonable hourly\nrate for the hearing officer and (ii) the actual cost of recording the\nproceedings.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 401, \u00a7 54-1.22:1; 1988, c. 765.","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}}