{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/54.1-2503.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/54.1-2503.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/54.1-2503.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/54.1-2503.html"}],"law_id":55191,"edition_id":1,"section_id":55191,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2503","catch_line":"Boards within Department","history":"1977, c. 579, \u00a7 54-950.2; 1980, c. 678; 1983, c. 115; 1987, c. 686; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 706, 841; 1993, c. 869; 2000, cc. 473, 688; 2005, cc. 610, 924; 2025, c. 341.","full_text":"The following boards are included within the Department: Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Board of Counseling, Board of Dentistry, Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Board of Long-Term Care Administrators, Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing, Board of Optometry, Board of Pharmacy, Board of Physical Therapy, Board of Psychology, Board of Social Work, and Board of Veterinary Medicine.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":202370,"text":"The following boards are included within the Department: Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Board of Counseling, Board of Dentistry, Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Board of Long-Term Care Administrators, Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing, Board of Optometry, Board of Pharmacy, Board of Physical Therapy, Board of Psychology, Board of Social Work, and Board of Veterinary Medicine.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13408,"edition_id":1,"name":"Department of Health Professions","identifier":"25","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12758,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:50","permalink":{"id":241307,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13408,"identifier":"25","token":"54.1\/III\/25","url":"\/54.1\/III\/25\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12758,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12754,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":241105,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12758,"identifier":"III","token":"54.1\/III","url":"\/54.1\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12754,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations","identifier":"54.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239313,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12754,"identifier":"54.1","token":"54.1","url":"\/54.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":75147,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2500","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/54.1-2500\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2500","metadata":false},{"id":77613,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2501","catch_line":"Department established","url":"\/54.1-2501\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2501","metadata":false},{"id":72341,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2502","catch_line":"Use of consultants in investigations","url":"\/54.1-2502\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2502","metadata":false},{"id":55191,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2503","catch_line":"Boards within Department","url":"\/54.1-2503\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2503","metadata":false},{"id":54377,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2504","catch_line":"Appointment of Director","url":"\/54.1-2504\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2504","metadata":false},{"id":62957,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2505","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Director of Department","url":"\/54.1-2505\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2505","metadata":false},{"id":83130,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2506","catch_line":"Enforcement of laws by Director and investigative personnel; authority of investigative personnel and Director","url":"\/54.1-2506\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2506","metadata":false},{"id":86680,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2506.01","catch_line":"Investigation of reported violations","url":"\/54.1-2506.01\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2506.01","metadata":false},{"id":78543,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2506.1","catch_line":"Submission of required information","url":"\/54.1-2506.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2506.1","metadata":false},{"id":61725,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2506.2","catch_line":"Protection of escrow funds, etc., held by persons licensed by any of the health regulatory boards","url":"\/54.1-2506.2\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2506.2","metadata":false},{"id":82488,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2507","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/54.1-2507\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2507","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":72341,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2502","catch_line":"Use of consultants in investigations","url":"\/54.1-2502\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2502","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":54377,"structure_id":13408,"section_number":"54.1-2504","catch_line":"Appointment of Director","url":"\/54.1-2504\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2504","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/54.1-2503\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 579 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1980, chapter 678; in 1983, chapter 115; in 1987, chapter 686; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1992, chapters 706 and 841; in 1993, chapter 869; in 2000, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0473\">473<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0688\">688<\/a>; in 2005, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0610\">610<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0924\">924<\/a>; in 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0341\">341<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75147,"section_number":"54.1-2500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2500\/"},{"id":66603,"section_number":"54.1-2515","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2515\/"},{"id":62445,"section_number":"63.2-1606","catch_line":"Protection of aged or incapacitated adults; mandated and voluntary reporting","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1606\/"},{"id":55726,"section_number":"8.01-581.16","catch_line":"Civil immunity for members of or consultants to certain boards or committees","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-581.16\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55191,"identifier":"54.1-2503","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2503","url":"\/54.1-2503\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2503\/","token":"54.1\/III\/25\/54.1-2503","dublin_core":{"Title":"Boards within Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2503","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The following boards are included within the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>: Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Board of Counseling, Board of Dentistry, Board of Funeral <span class=\"dictionary\">Directors<\/span> and Embalmers, Board of Long-Term Care Administrators, Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing, Board of Optometry, Board of Pharmacy, Board of Physical Therapy, Board of Psychology, Board of Social Work, and Board of Veterinary Medicine.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARDS WITHIN DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 54.1-2503)\n\nThe following boards are included within the Department: Board of Audiology and\nSpeech-Language Pathology, Board of Counseling, Board of Dentistry, Board of\nFuneral Directors and Embalmers, Board of Long-Term Care Administrators, Board\nof Medicine, Board of Nursing, Board of Optometry, Board of Pharmacy, Board of\nPhysical Therapy, Board of Psychology, Board of Social Work, and Board of\nVeterinary Medicine.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 579, \u00a7 54-950.2; 1980, c. 678; 1983, c. 115; 1987, c. 686;\n1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 706, 841; 1993, c. 869; 2000, cc. 473, 688; 2005, cc.\n610, 924; 2025, c. 341.","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}}