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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 278 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 1989 \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 2011, chapter 390<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242833,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56664,"identifier":"54.1-3023","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3023","url":"\/54.1-3023\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3023\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3023","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application for certification by competency evaluation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3023","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every applicant for certification by competency evaluation shall pay the required application fee and shall submit written evidence<\/span> that the applicant: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Has not committed any act or omission that would be grounds for discipline or denial of certification under this article; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Has successfully completed an education or training program approved by the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall consider and may accept relevant practical experience and didactic and clinical components of education and training completed by an applicant for certification as a nurse aide during his service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States as evidence<\/span> of the satisfaction of the educational requirements for certification. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION BY COMPETENCY EVALUATION (\u00a7 54.1-3023)\n\nA. Every applicant for certification by competency evaluation shall pay the\nrequired application fee and shall submit written evidence that the applicant:\n\n 1. Has not committed any act or omission that would be grounds for discipline\n or denial of certification under this article; and\n\n 2. Has successfully completed an education or training program approved by the\n Board.\n\nB. The Board shall consider and may accept relevant practical experience and\ndidactic and clinical components of education and training completed by an\napplicant for certification as a nurse aide during his service as a member of\nany branch of the armed forces of the United States as evidence of the\nsatisfaction of the educational requirements for certification.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 278; 2011, c. 390.","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}}