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discontinuance of program; due process requirements","url":"\/54.1-3014\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/1\/54.1-3014","metadata":false},{"id":80998,"structure_id":13813,"section_number":"54.1-3015","catch_line":"Continuance of license of certified tuberculosis nurse","url":"\/54.1-3015\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/1\/54.1-3015","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":85633,"structure_id":13813,"section_number":"54.1-3006.2","catch_line":"Nurse aide education program","url":"\/54.1-3006.2\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/1\/54.1-3006.2","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":58326,"structure_id":13813,"section_number":"54.1-3008","catch_line":"Particular violations; prosecution","url":"\/54.1-3008\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/1\/54.1-3008","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/54.1-3007\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1970, chapter 116; in 1979, chapter 5; in 1982, chapter 598; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1989, chapter 278; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0249\">249<\/a>; in 2005, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0610\">610<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0924\">924<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242731,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64193,"identifier":"54.1-3007","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/1\/54.1-3007","url":"\/54.1-3007\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3007\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/1\/54.1-3007","dublin_core":{"Title":"Refusal, revocation or suspension, censure or probation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3007","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may refuse to admit a candidate to any examination, refuse to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a license, certificate, or registration to any applicant and may suspend any license, certificate, registration, or multistate licensure <span class=\"dictionary\">privilege<\/span> for a stated period or indefinitely, or revoke any license, certificate, registration, or multistate licensure <span class=\"dictionary\">privilege<\/span>, or censure or reprimand any licensee, certificate holder, registrant, or multistate licensure <span class=\"dictionary\">privilege<\/span> holder, or place him on <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> for such time as it may designate for any of the following causes:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Fraud<\/span> or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license, certificate, or registration; <a id=\"paragraph-233701\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3007\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Unprofessional conduct; <a id=\"paragraph-233702\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3007\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Willful or repeated violation of any of the provisions of this chapter; <a id=\"paragraph-233703\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3007\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Conviction<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> or any <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> involving <span class=\"dictionary\">moral turpitude<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-233704\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3007\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Practicing in a manner contrary to the standards of ethics or in such a manner as to make his practice a danger to the health and welfare of patients or to the public; <a id=\"paragraph-233705\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3007\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> Use of alcohol or drugs to the extent that such use renders him unsafe to practice, or any mental or physical illness rendering him unsafe to practice; <a id=\"paragraph-233706\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3007\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"7\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">7.<\/span> The denial, <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span>, suspension or restriction of a license, certificate, registration, or multistate licensure <span class=\"dictionary\">privilege<\/span> to practice in another state, the District of Columbia or a United States <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> or territory; or <a id=\"paragraph-233707\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3007\/#7\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"8\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">8.<\/span> Abuse, negligent practice, or misappropriation of a patient&#8217;s or resident&#8217;s property. <a id=\"paragraph-233708\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3007\/#8\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFUSAL, REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION, CENSURE OR PROBATION (\u00a7 54.1-3007)\n\nThe Board may refuse to admit a candidate to any examination, refuse to issue a\nlicense, certificate, or registration to any applicant and may suspend any\nlicense, certificate, registration, or multistate licensure privilege for a\nstated period or indefinitely, or revoke any license, certificate, registration,\nor multistate licensure privilege, or censure or reprimand any licensee,\ncertificate holder, registrant, or multistate licensure privilege holder, or\nplace him on probation for such time as it may designate for any of the\nfollowing causes:\n\n1. Fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license, certificate,\nor registration;\n\n2. Unprofessional conduct;\n\n3. Willful or repeated violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;\n\n4. Conviction of any felony or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;\n\n5. Practicing in a manner contrary to the standards of ethics or in such a\nmanner as to make his practice a danger to the health and welfare of patients or\nto the public;\n\n6. Use of alcohol or drugs to the extent that such use renders him unsafe to\npractice, or any mental or physical illness rendering him unsafe to practice;\n\n7. The denial, revocation, suspension or restriction of a license, certificate,\nregistration, or multistate licensure privilege to practice in another state,\nthe District of Columbia or a United States possession or territory; or\n\n8. Abuse, negligent practice, or misappropriation of a patient&#8217;s or\nresident&#8217;s property.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 54-353; 1970, c. 116; 1979, c. 5, \u00a7 54-367.32; 1982, c.\n598; 1988, c. 765; 1989, c. 278; 2003, c. 249; 2005, cc. 610, 924.","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}}