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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 1954 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242155,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59996,"identifier":"54.1-2934","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2934","url":"\/54.1-2934\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2934\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2934","dublin_core":{"Title":"Evidence of right to practice required of certain foreign graduates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2934","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every candidate who is a graduate of a school of a country other than the United States and Canada must, in addition to meeting the other requirements of this article, exhibit to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> a diploma, license or certificate conferring the full right to practice in that country, or satisfactory <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> showing that the candidate has completed the course of study and passed examinations equivalent to those required for a diploma or license conferring such full right to practice.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEVIDENCE OF RIGHT TO PRACTICE REQUIRED OF CERTAIN FOREIGN GRADUATES (\u00a7\n54.1-2934)\n\nEvery candidate who is a graduate of a school of a country other than the United\nStates and Canada must, in addition to meeting the other requirements of this\narticle, exhibit to the Board a diploma, license or certificate conferring the\nfull right to practice in that country, or satisfactory evidence showing that\nthe candidate has completed the course of study and passed examinations\nequivalent to those required for a diploma or license conferring such full right\nto practice.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 626, \u00a7 54-306.2; 1988, c. 765.","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}}