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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 2016, chapter 87<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56230,"identifier":"54.1-3026","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3026","url":"\/54.1-3026\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3026\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/4\/54.1-3026","dublin_core":{"Title":"Renewal of certification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3026","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each certificate issued to practice as a nurse aide shall be renewed annually upon payment of any specified fee. The nurse aide shall submit proof of compliance with any requirements of law<\/span> and regulation concerning continued employment or competence as a condition of such renewal. The Board<\/span> shall establish requirements for the renewal of certifications consistent with federal law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRENEWAL OF CERTIFICATION (\u00a7 54.1-3026)\n\nEach certificate issued to practice as a nurse aide shall be renewed annually\nupon payment of any specified fee. The nurse aide shall submit proof of\ncompliance with any requirements of law and regulation concerning continued\nemployment or competence as a condition of such renewal. The Board shall\nestablish requirements for the renewal of certifications consistent with federal\nlaw.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 278; 2016, c. 87.","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}}