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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 1958, chapters 161 and 461; in 1968, chapter 766; in 1970, chapter 69; in 1980, chapter 157; in 1985, chapter 96; in 1988, chapter 765; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0144\">144<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242143,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76301,"identifier":"54.1-2932","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2932","url":"\/54.1-2932\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2932\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2932","dublin_core":{"Title":"Issuance of licenses to practice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2932","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon completion of an application satisfactory to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, applicants shall be granted licenses to practice medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry and each license shall show plainly on its face the school or branch of the <span class=\"dictionary\">healing arts<\/span> in which the holder thereof is permitted to practice. 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All licenses shall be\nattested by the signature of the president and secretary of the Board,\nrespectively.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 54-309; 1958, cc. 161, 461; 1968, c. 766; 1970, c. 69;\n1980, c. 157; 1985, c. 96; 1988, c. 765; 2013, c. 144.","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}}