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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 379<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77111,"section_number":"32.1-102.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-102.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":242171,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67305,"identifier":"54.1-2937.1","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2937.1","url":"\/54.1-2937.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2937.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2937.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retiree license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2937.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> may issue<\/span> a retiree license to any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or chiropractic who holds an unrestricted, active license to practice in the Commonwealth upon receipt of a request and submission of the fee required by the Board<\/span>. A person to whom a retiree license has been issued shall not be required to meet continuing competency requirements for the first biennial renewal of such license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A person to whom a retiree license has been issued shall only engage in the practice of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or chiropractic for the purpose of providing (i) charity care, as defined in § 32.1-102.1<\/a>, and (ii) health care services to patients in their residence for whom travel is a barrier to receiving medical care. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETIREE LICENSE (\u00a7 54.1-2937.1)\n\nA. The Board may issue a retiree license to any doctor of medicine, osteopathy,\npodiatry, or chiropractic who holds an unrestricted, active license to practice\nin the Commonwealth upon receipt of a request and submission of the fee required\nby the Board. A person to whom a retiree license has been issued shall not be\nrequired to meet continuing competency requirements for the first biennial\nrenewal of such license.\n\nB. A person to whom a retiree license has been issued shall only engage in the\npractice of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or chiropractic for the purpose of\nproviding (i) charity care, as defined in § 32.1-102.1, and (ii) health\ncare services to patients in their residence for whom travel is a barrier to\nreceiving medical care.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 379.","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}}