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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 558<\/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 2000, chapter 473<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 271<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82651,"section_number":"65.2-603","catch_line":"Duty to furnish medical attention, etc., and vocational rehabilitation; effect of refusal of employee to accept","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-603\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82651,"section_number":"65.2-603","catch_line":"Duty to furnish medical attention, etc., and vocational rehabilitation; effect of refusal of employee to accept","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-603\/"}],"permalink":{"id":243947,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75671,"identifier":"54.1-3513","token":"54.1\/III\/35\/2\/54.1-3513","url":"\/54.1-3513\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3513\/","token":"54.1\/III\/35\/2\/54.1-3513","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restriction of practice; use of titles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3513","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person, other than a person licensed by the Boards<\/span> of Counseling<\/span>; Medicine; Nursing; Optometry; Psychology; or Social Work, shall hold himself out as a provider of rehabilitation services or use the title “rehabilitation provider” or a similar title or any abbreviation thereof unless he holds a valid certificate under this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Subsection A shall not apply to employees or independent contractors of the Commonwealth’s agencies and sheltered workshops providing vocational rehabilitation services, under the following circumstances: (i) such employees or independent contractors are not providing vocational rehabilitation services under § 65.2-603<\/a> or (ii) such employees are providing vocational rehabilitation services under § 65.2-603<\/a> as well as other programs and are certified by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) as certified rehabilitation counselors (CRC) or by the Commission on Certification of Work Adjustment and Vocational Evaluation Specialists (CCWAVES) as Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialists (CVE). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRICTION OF PRACTICE; USE OF TITLES (\u00a7 54.1-3513)\n\nA. No person, other than a person licensed by the Boards of Counseling;\nMedicine; Nursing; Optometry; Psychology; or Social Work, shall hold himself out\nas a provider of rehabilitation services or use the title “rehabilitation\nprovider” or a similar title or any abbreviation thereof unless he holds a\nvalid certificate under this article.\n\nB. Subsection A shall not apply to employees or independent contractors of the\nCommonwealth’s agencies and sheltered workshops providing vocational\nrehabilitation services, under the following circumstances: (i) such employees\nor independent contractors are not providing vocational rehabilitation services\nunder § 65.2-603 or (ii) such employees are providing vocational\nrehabilitation services under § 65.2-603 as well as other programs and are\ncertified by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) as\ncertified rehabilitation counselors (CRC) or by the Commission on Certification\nof Work Adjustment and Vocational Evaluation Specialists (CCWAVES) as Certified\nVocational Evaluation Specialists (CVE).\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 558; 2000, c. 473; 2004, c. 271.","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}}