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Public information obtained from any source by the Director or agency staff may serve as the basis for a written complaint against a regulant.B\n\nHowever, where a regulant has materially and willfully misrepresented, concealed or omitted any information and the information so misrepresented, concealed or omitted is material to the establishment of the violation, the complaint may be made at any time within two years after discovery of the misrepresentation, concealment or omission.C\n\nIn cases where criminal charges have been filed involving matters that, if found to be true, would also constitute a violation of the regulations or laws of the regulant’s profession enforced by the Department, an investigation may be initiated by the Department at any time within two years following the date such criminal charges are filed.D\n\nNothing in this section shall be construed to require the filing of a complaint if the alleged violation of the statute or regulation is discovered during the conduct of an inspection authorized by law, and the acts, omissions, or conditions constituting the alleged violations are witnessed by a sworn investigator appointed by the Director.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":206825,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in § 36-96.9 and subsections B and C of this section, any complaint against a regulant for any violation of statutes or regulations pertaining to the regulatory boards within Subtitle II (§ 54.1-200 et seq.) of this title or any of the programs which may be in another title of the Code for which any regulatory board within Subtitle II has enforcement responsibility, in order to be investigated by the Department, shall be made in writing, or otherwise made in accordance with Department procedures, and received by the Department within three years of the act, omission or occurrence giving rise to the violation. 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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 581<\/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. 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 2004, chapter 297<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 383<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75962,"section_number":"54.1-516.1","catch_line":"Summary suspension of licenses or approvals; allegations to be in writing","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-516.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79606,"section_number":"36-96.9","catch_line":"Procedures for receipt or initiation of complaint; notice to parties; filing of answer","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-96.9\/"},{"id":74681,"section_number":"54.1-200","catch_line":"Composition of regulatory boards","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":240525,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56501,"identifier":"54.1-307.1","token":"54.1\/II\/3\/54.1-307.1","url":"\/54.1-307.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-307.1\/","token":"54.1\/II\/3\/54.1-307.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Time for filing complaints against regulants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-307.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in § 36-96.9<\/a> and subsections B and C of this section, any complaint against a regulant for any violation of statutes<\/span> or regulations pertaining to the regulatory boards<\/span> within Subtitle II (§ 54.1-200<\/a> et seq.) of this title or any of the programs which may be in another title of the Code for which any regulatory board<\/span> within Subtitle II has enforcement responsibility, in order<\/span> to be investigated by the Department<\/span>, shall be made in writing, or otherwise made in accordance with Department<\/span> procedures, and received by the Department<\/span> within three years of the act, omission or occurrence giving rise to the violation. Public information obtained from any source by the Director<\/span> or agency staff may serve as the basis for a written complaint against a regulant. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> However, where a regulant has materially and willfully misrepresented, concealed or omitted any information and the information so misrepresented, concealed or omitted is material<\/span> to the establishment of the violation, the complaint may be made at any time within two years after discovery<\/span> of the misrepresentation, concealment or omission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In cases where criminal charges have been filed involving matters that, if found to be true, would also constitute a violation of the regulations or laws<\/span> of the regulant’s profession enforced by the Department<\/span>, an investigation may be initiated by the Department<\/span> at any time within two years following the date such criminal charges are filed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the filing of a complaint if the alleged violation of the statute<\/span> or regulation is discovered during the conduct of an inspection<\/span> authorized by law<\/span>, and the acts, omissions, or conditions constituting the alleged violations are witnessed by a sworn investigator appointed by the Director<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTIME FOR FILING COMPLAINTS AGAINST REGULANTS (\u00a7 54.1-307.1)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in § 36-96.9 and subsections B and C of\nthis section, any complaint against a regulant for any violation of statutes or\nregulations pertaining to the regulatory boards within Subtitle II (§\n54.1-200 et seq.) of this title or any of the programs which may be in another\ntitle of the Code for which any regulatory board within Subtitle II has\nenforcement responsibility, in order to be investigated by the Department, shall\nbe made in writing, or otherwise made in accordance with Department procedures,\nand received by the Department within three years of the act, omission or\noccurrence giving rise to the violation. Public information obtained from any\nsource by the Director or agency staff may serve as the basis for a written\ncomplaint against a regulant.\n\nB. However, where a regulant has materially and willfully misrepresented,\nconcealed or omitted any information and the information so misrepresented,\nconcealed or omitted is material to the establishment of the violation, the\ncomplaint may be made at any time within two years after discovery of the\nmisrepresentation, concealment or omission.\n\nC. In cases where criminal charges have been filed involving matters that, if\nfound to be true, would also constitute a violation of the regulations or laws\nof the regulant’s profession enforced by the Department, an investigation\nmay be initiated by the Department at any time within two years following the\ndate such criminal charges are filed.\n\nD. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the filing of a\ncomplaint if the alleged violation of the statute or regulation is discovered\nduring the conduct of an inspection authorized by law, and the acts, omissions,\nor conditions constituting the alleged violations are witnessed by a sworn\ninvestigator appointed by the Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 581; 2004, c. 297; 2005, c. 383.","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}}