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This law was first created in 1979. 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 3 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 1988, chapter 765; in 1993, chapter 499; in 2012, chapter 522<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":240537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79288,"identifier":"54.1-309","token":"54.1\/II\/3\/54.1-309","url":"\/54.1-309\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-309\/","token":"54.1\/II\/3\/54.1-309","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation; members, terms, chairman; meetings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-309","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There shall be a Board<\/span> for Professional and Occupational Regulation within the Department<\/span> of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The Board<\/span> shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. Members shall serve for four-year terms and no member shall serve for more than two full successive terms. The chairman of the Board<\/span> shall be elected annually by the Board<\/span>.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span> shall meet at least once each year and on the call of the chairman when he deems additional meetings necessary.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION; MEMBERS, TERMS, CHAIRMAN;\nMEETINGS (\u00a7 54.1-309)\n\nThere shall be a Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation within the\nDepartment of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The Board shall consist\nof nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the\nGeneral Assembly. Members shall serve for four-year terms and no member shall\nserve for more than two full successive terms. The chairman of the Board shall\nbe elected annually by the Board.\n\t\tThe Board shall meet at least once each year and on the call of the chairman\nwhen he deems additional meetings necessary.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 408, \u00a7\u00a7 54-1.23, 54-1.24; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c. 499; 2012,\nc. 522.","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}}