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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 408 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 1979 \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 1984, chapter 720; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1993, chapter 499.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":240501,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73009,"identifier":"54.1-302","token":"54.1\/II\/3\/54.1-302","url":"\/54.1-302\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-302\/","token":"54.1\/II\/3\/54.1-302","dublin_core":{"Title":"Supervision of Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-302","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Professional and Occupational Regulation shall be responsible for the supervision of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> under the direction and control of the Governor and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as the Governor requires.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUPERVISION OF DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 54.1-302)\n\nThe Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation shall\nbe responsible for the supervision of the Department under the direction and\ncontrol of the Governor and shall exercise such other powers and perform such\nother duties as the Governor requires.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 408, \u00a7 54-1.31; 1984, c. 720; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c. 499.","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}}