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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 2 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 734; in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":240509,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61781,"identifier":"54.1-304","token":"54.1\/II\/3\/54.1-304","url":"\/54.1-304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-304\/","token":"54.1\/II\/3\/54.1-304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of the Director with respect to regulatory boards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each of the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulatory boards<\/span> within the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall be a separate <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span>. All of the administrative functions of the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulatory boards<\/span> shall be under the direction and supervision of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span>.\n\t\tIn the performance and discharge of his duties with respect to the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulatory boards<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Be the secretary of each <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-225595\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-304\/#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> Maintain all records for each <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-225596\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-304\/#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> Collect and account for all fees prescribed to be paid into each <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span> and account for and deposit the moneys so collected into a special fund from which the expenses of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">regulatory boards<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall be paid; <a id=\"paragraph-225597\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-304\/#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> Enforce all <span class=\"dictionary\">statutes<\/span> and regulations the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> is required to administer; <a id=\"paragraph-225598\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-304\/#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> Exercise other powers necessary to function as the sole administrative officer of each of such boards; and <a id=\"paragraph-225599\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-304\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> Perform any additional administrative functions prescribed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-225600\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-304\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR WITH RESPECT TO REGULATORY BOARDS (\u00a7\n54.1-304)\n\nEach of the regulatory boards within the Department shall be a separate board.\nAll of the administrative functions of the regulatory boards shall be under the\ndirection and supervision of the Director.\n\t\tIn the performance and discharge of his duties with respect to the regulatory\nboards, the Director shall:\n\n1. Be the secretary of each board;\n\n2. Maintain all records for each board;\n\n3. Collect and account for all fees prescribed to be paid into each board and\naccount for and deposit the moneys so collected into a special fund from which\nthe expenses of the Board, regulatory boards and Department shall be paid;\n\n4. Enforce all statutes and regulations the Director is required to administer;\n\n5. Exercise other powers necessary to function as the sole administrative\nofficer of each of such boards; and\n\n6. Perform any additional administrative functions prescribed by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 408, \u00a7 54-1.33; 1984, c. 734; 1988, c. 765.","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}}