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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 839<\/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 1999, chapter 609<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 473<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55659,"section_number":"54.1-3505","catch_line":"Specific powers and duties of the Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3505\/"},{"id":75739,"section_number":"54.1-3514","catch_line":"Certification of existing providers","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3514\/"}],"permalink":{"id":243955,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72801,"identifier":"54.1-3515","token":"54.1\/III\/35\/2\/54.1-3515","url":"\/54.1-3515\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3515\/","token":"54.1\/III\/35\/2\/54.1-3515","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certification renewal of individuals who became certified under the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-3514","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3515","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

After July 1, 2001, the Board<\/span> of Counseling<\/span> shall not renew a certificate to any person who became certified under the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-3514<\/a> without documentation that such person meets the current requirements for certification established by the Board<\/span>, unless such person provided rehabilitation services for at least two years immediately preceding July 1, 1997, and has done so continuously since that date without interruption and received a passing score on a Board<\/span> approved examination. The Board<\/span> of Counseling<\/span>, pursuant to its authority in this section and in \u00a7 54.1-3505<\/a>, shall adopt regulations to implement the 1997 revisions of the law<\/span> relating to certified rehabilitation providers<\/span> in 280 days or less of the date of the enactment of such revisions.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATION RENEWAL OF INDIVIDUALS WHO BECAME CERTIFIED UNDER THE PROVISIONS\nOF \u00a7 54.1-3514 (\u00a7 54.1-3515)\n\nAfter July 1, 2001, the Board of Counseling shall not renew a certificate to any\nperson who became certified under the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-3514 without\ndocumentation that such person meets the current requirements for certification\nestablished by the Board, unless such person provided rehabilitation services\nfor at least two years immediately preceding July 1, 1997, and has done so\ncontinuously since that date without interruption and received a passing score\non a Board approved examination. The Board of Counseling, pursuant to its\nauthority in this section and in \u00a7 54.1-3505, shall adopt regulations to\nimplement the 1997 revisions of the law relating to certified rehabilitation\nproviders in 280 days or less of the date of the enactment of such revisions.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 839; 1999, c. 609; 2000, c. 473.","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}}