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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 181 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1978, chapter 34; in 1979, chapter 296; in 1981, chapter 447; in 1987, chapter 686; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1992, chapter 706; in 2013, chapter 436<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241433,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68755,"identifier":"54.1-2602","token":"54.1\/III\/26\/1\/54.1-2602","url":"\/54.1-2602\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2602\/","token":"54.1\/III\/26\/1\/54.1-2602","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board membership; officers; duties of Director of Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2602","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology shall consist of seven members as follows: two licensed audiologists<\/span>, two licensed speech-language pathologists<\/span>, one otolaryngologist, and two citizen members. The terms of Board<\/span> members shall be four years. All professional members of the Board<\/span> shall have actively practiced their professions for at least two years prior to their appointments.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span> shall elect annually a chairman and a vice-chairman.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span> shall be authorized to promulgate canons of ethics under which the professional activities of persons regulated shall be conducted.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD MEMBERSHIP; OFFICERS; DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 54.1-2602)\n\nThe Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology shall consist of seven\nmembers as follows: two licensed audiologists, two licensed speech-language\npathologists, one otolaryngologist, and two citizen members. The terms of Board\nmembers shall be four years. All professional members of the Board shall have\nactively practiced their professions for at least two years prior to their\nappointments.\n\t\tThe Board shall elect annually a chairman and a vice-chairman.\n\t\tThe Board shall be authorized to promulgate canons of ethics under which the\nprofessional activities of persons regulated shall be conducted.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 181, \u00a7\u00a7 54-83.1:8, 54-83.1:10; 1978, c. 34; 1979, c. 296;\n1981, c. 447; 1987, c. 686, \u00a7 54-83.1:8.1; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 706; 2013, c.\n436.","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}}