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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 778<\/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 630<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 473<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79319,"section_number":"54.1-3600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3600\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85227,"section_number":"54.1-3501","catch_line":"Exemption from requirements of licensure","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3501\/"},{"id":86296,"section_number":"54.1-3601","catch_line":"Exemption from requirements of licensure","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3601\/"},{"id":78374,"section_number":"54.1-3701","catch_line":"Exemption from requirements of licensure","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3701\/"}],"permalink":{"id":244041,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59959,"identifier":"54.1-3611","token":"54.1\/III\/36\/54.1-3611","url":"\/54.1-3611\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3611\/","token":"54.1\/III\/36\/54.1-3611","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restriction of practice; use of titles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3611","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person, including licensees of the Boards<\/span> of Counseling; Medicine; Nursing; Psychology; or Social Work, shall claim to be a certified sex offender treatment provider<\/span> unless he has been so certified. No person who is exempt from licensure under subdivision 4 of \u00a7\u00a7 54.1-3501<\/a>, 54.1-3601<\/a> or \u00a7 54.1-3701<\/a> shall hold himself out as a provider of sex offender treatment services unless he is certified as a sex offender treatment provider by the Board<\/span> of Psychology.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRICTION OF PRACTICE; USE OF TITLES (\u00a7 54.1-3611)\n\nNo person, including licensees of the Boards of Counseling; Medicine; Nursing;\nPsychology; or Social Work, shall claim to be a certified sex offender treatment\nprovider unless he has been so certified. No person who is exempt from licensure\nunder subdivision 4 of \u00a7\u00a7 54.1-3501, 54.1-3601 or \u00a7 54.1-3701 shall hold\nhimself out as a provider of sex offender treatment services unless he is\ncertified as a sex offender treatment provider by the Board of Psychology.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 778; 1999, c. 630; 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}}