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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 688<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77303,"section_number":"54.1-106","catch_line":"Health care professionals rendering services to patients of certain clinics and administrators of such services exempt from liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-106\/"}],"permalink":{"id":243769,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74588,"identifier":"54.1-3476","token":"54.1\/III\/34.1\/1\/54.1-3476","url":"\/54.1-3476\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3476\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34.1\/1\/54.1-3476","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3476","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This chapter shall not apply to the performance of the duties of any commissioned or contract<\/span> physical therapist or physical therapist assistant<\/span> while practicing in the United States Armed Services, United States Public Health Service or United States Department of Veterans Affairs as based on requirements under federal regulations for state licensure of health care providers, or to a physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant<\/span> licensed or certified and in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in the state, District of Columbia, or Canada where the practitioner resides when the practitioner is in Virginia temporarily to practice for no longer than sixty days (i) in a summer camp or in conjunction with patients who are participating in recreational activities, (ii) in continuing education programs, or (iii) by rendering at any site any health care services within the limits of his license or certificate, voluntarily and without compensation, to any patient of any clinic which is organized in whole or in part for the delivery of health care services without charge as provided in \u00a7 54.1-106<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS (\u00a7 54.1-3476)\n\nThis chapter shall not apply to the performance of the duties of any\ncommissioned or contract physical therapist or physical therapist assistant\nwhile practicing in the United States Armed Services, United States Public\nHealth Service or United States Department of Veterans Affairs as based on\nrequirements under federal regulations for state licensure of health care\nproviders, or to a physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant licensed\nor certified and in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in the\nstate, District of Columbia, or Canada where the practitioner resides when the\npractitioner is in Virginia temporarily to practice for no longer than sixty\ndays (i) in a summer camp or in conjunction with patients who are participating\nin recreational activities, (ii) in continuing education programs, or (iii) by\nrendering at any site any health care services within the limits of his license\nor certificate, voluntarily and without compensation, to any patient of any\nclinic which is organized in whole or in part for the delivery of health care\nservices without charge as provided in \u00a7 54.1-106.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 688.","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}}