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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0227\">227<\/a> 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. 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 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0324\">324<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0447\">447<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65440,"section_number":"54.1-2400","catch_line":"General powers and duties of health regulatory boards","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":242025,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80842,"identifier":"54.1-2912.1","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/2\/54.1-2912.1","url":"\/54.1-2912.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2912.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/2\/54.1-2912.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continued competency and office-based anesthesia requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2912.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall prescribe by regulation such requirements as may be necessary to ensure continued practitioner competence, which may include continuing education, testing, or any other requirement. <a id=\"paragraph-289766\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2912.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> In promulgating such regulations, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall consider (i) the need to promote ethical practice, (ii) an appropriate standard of care, (iii) patient safety, (iv) application of new medical technology, (v) appropriate communication with patients, and (vi) knowledge of the changing health care system. <a id=\"paragraph-289767\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2912.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may approve persons who provide or accredit such programs in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to accomplish the purposes of this section. <a id=\"paragraph-289768\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2912.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"General powers and duties of health regulatory boards\" href=\"\/54.1-2400\/\">54.1-2400<\/a> and its authority to establish the qualifications for registration, certification, or licensure that are necessary to ensure competence and integrity to engage in the regulated practice, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall promulgate regulations governing the practice of medicine related to the administration of anesthesia in physicians&#8217; offices. <a id=\"paragraph-289769\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2912.1\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUED COMPETENCY AND OFFICE-BASED ANESTHESIA REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7 54.1-2912.1)\n\nA. The Board shall prescribe by regulation such requirements as may be necessary\nto ensure continued practitioner competence, which may include continuing\neducation, testing, or any other requirement.\n\nB. In promulgating such regulations, the Board shall consider (i) the need to\npromote ethical practice, (ii) an appropriate standard of care, (iii) patient\nsafety, (iv) application of new medical technology, (v) appropriate\ncommunication with patients, and (vi) knowledge of the changing health care\nsystem.\n\nC. The Board may approve persons who provide or accredit such programs in order\nto accomplish the purposes of this section.\n\nD. Pursuant to &#xA7; 54.1-2400 and its authority to establish the\nqualifications for registration, certification, or licensure that are necessary\nto ensure competence and integrity to engage in the regulated practice, the\nBoard shall promulgate regulations governing the practice of medicine related to\nthe administration of anesthesia in physicians&#8217; offices.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 227; 2002, c. 324; 2016, c. 447.","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}}