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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 127 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1988, chapter 765; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0651\">651<\/a>; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0144\">144<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63078,"section_number":"54.1-2900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2900\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242179,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75444,"identifier":"54.1-2939","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2939","url":"\/54.1-2939\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2939\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2939","dublin_core":{"Title":"Surgery by podiatrists on patients under general anesthesia limited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2939","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Podiatrists shall not perform surgery on patients under a general anesthetic except in a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center accredited by a national accrediting organization granted authority by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assure compliance with Medicare conditions of participation pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;1865 of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. \u00a7&nbsp;1395bb).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSURGERY BY PODIATRISTS ON PATIENTS UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA LIMITED (\u00a7\n54.1-2939)\n\nPodiatrists shall not perform surgery on patients under a general anesthetic\nexcept in a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center accredited by a national\naccrediting organization granted authority by the Centers for Medicare and\nMedicaid Services to assure compliance with Medicare conditions of participation\npursuant to \u00a7 1865 of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. \u00a7\n1395bb).\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 127, \u00a7 54-275.2; 1988, c. 765; 1999, c. 651; 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}}