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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 448<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":242845,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83417,"identifier":"54.1-3025.1","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3025.1","url":"\/54.1-3025.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3025.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3025.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Advanced certification; renewal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3025.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall develop and promulgate regulations to establish a career advancement certification that will indicate enhanced competence in patient care tasks and enable certified nurse aides<\/span> to expand the scope of the responsibilities and duties delegated to them. An advanced certificate shall be awarded upon successful completion of the required educational and training standards set by the Board<\/span>. Each institution that desires to conduct programs to provide training for such advanced certificates shall be approved by the Board<\/span> pursuant to § 54.1-3005<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> An advanced certificate issued to a certified nurse aide<\/span> shall be renewed biennially upon payment of any specified fee. The certified nurse aide<\/span> shall submit proof of compliance with any requirements of law<\/span> and regulation concerning competence as established by the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADVANCED CERTIFICATION; RENEWAL (\u00a7 54.1-3025.1)\n\nA. The Board shall develop and promulgate regulations to establish a career\nadvancement certification that will indicate enhanced competence in patient care\ntasks and enable certified nurse aides to expand the scope of the\nresponsibilities and duties delegated to them. An advanced certificate shall be\nawarded upon successful completion of the required educational and training\nstandards set by the Board. Each institution that desires to conduct programs to\nprovide training for such advanced certificates shall be approved by the Board\npursuant to § 54.1-3005.\n\nB. An advanced certificate issued to a certified nurse aide shall be renewed\nbiennially upon payment of any specified fee. The certified nurse aide shall\nsubmit proof of compliance with any requirements of law and regulation\nconcerning competence as established by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 448.","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}}