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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 377 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1988, chapter 765; in 1998, chapter 796<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":244347,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63413,"identifier":"54.1-3922","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/3\/54.1-3922","url":"\/54.1-3922\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3922\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/3\/54.1-3922","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers, rules and regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3922","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board shall do, or cause to be done, all things it considers necessary, convenient or expedient in connection with the preparation, conduct and grading of examinations, in determining the qualifications of applicants, in determining requirements for taking and passing examinations, and in granting such certificates to practice law<\/span> as may be authorized by the Supreme Court<\/span>. The Board may promulgate rules and regulations to aid in the exercise of its authority and in the discharge of its duties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS, RULES AND REGULATIONS (\u00a7 54.1-3922)\n\nThe Board shall do, or cause to be done, all things it considers necessary,\nconvenient or expedient in connection with the preparation, conduct and grading\nof examinations, in determining the qualifications of applicants, in determining\nrequirements for taking and passing examinations, and in granting such\ncertificates to practice law as may be authorized by the Supreme Court. The\nBoard may promulgate rules and regulations to aid in the exercise of its\nauthority and in the discharge of its duties.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 377, \u00a7 54-57.1; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 796.","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}}