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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 626 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 1987 \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 1988, chapter 765; in 2002, chapter 784<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 777<\/a> and 859<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":240173,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55000,"identifier":"54.1-2203","token":"54.1\/II\/22\/2\/54.1-2203","url":"\/54.1-2203\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2203\/","token":"54.1\/II\/22\/2\/54.1-2203","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certification as wetland delineator","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2203","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person practicing or offering to practice as a wetland professional<\/span> in the Commonwealth may submit to the Board<\/span> evidence<\/span> of qualification to be a certified professional wetland delineator as provided in this chapter. The Board<\/span> may certify any applicant who has satisfactorily met the requirements of this chapter and its regulations and shall specify on the certificate the appropriate endorsement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any individual who allows his certification to lapse by failing to renew the certificate or failing to meet professional activity requirements stipulated in the regulations may be reinstated by the Board<\/span> upon submission of satisfactory evidence<\/span> that he is practicing in a competent manner and upon payment of the prescribed fee. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATION AS WETLAND DELINEATOR (\u00a7 54.1-2203)\n\nA. Any person practicing or offering to practice as a wetland professional in\nthe Commonwealth may submit to the Board evidence of qualification to be a\ncertified professional wetland delineator as provided in this chapter. The Board\nmay certify any applicant who has satisfactorily met the requirements of this\nchapter and its regulations and shall specify on the certificate the appropriate\nendorsement.\n\nB. Any individual who allows his certification to lapse by failing to renew the\ncertificate or failing to meet professional activity requirements stipulated in\nthe regulations may be reinstated by the Board upon submission of satisfactory\nevidence that he is practicing in a competent manner and upon payment of the\nprescribed fee.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 626, \u00a7 54-973; 1988, c. 765; 2002, c. 784; 2011, cc. 777,\n859.","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}}