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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242841,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85592,"identifier":"54.1-3025","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3025","url":"\/54.1-3025\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3025\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3025","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certification by competency evaluation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3025","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All applicants except those certified by endorsement shall be required to pass a clinical competency evaluation. Such evaluation shall be in written or oral form and shall include the following areas:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Basic nursing skills; <a id=\"paragraph-306616\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3025\/#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> Personal care skills; <a id=\"paragraph-306617\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3025\/#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> Recognition of mental health and social services needs; <a id=\"paragraph-306618\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3025\/#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> Basic restorative services; and <a id=\"paragraph-306619\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3025\/#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> Resident or patient rights. <a id=\"paragraph-306620\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3025\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATION BY COMPETENCY EVALUATION (\u00a7 54.1-3025)\n\nAll applicants except those certified by endorsement shall be required to pass a\nclinical competency evaluation. Such evaluation shall be in written or oral form\nand shall include the following areas:\n\n1. Basic nursing skills;\n\n2. Personal care skills;\n\n3. Recognition of mental health and social services needs;\n\n4. Basic restorative services; and\n\n5. Resident or patient rights.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 278.","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}}