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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 780 and 783 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1994, chapter 379<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57598,"section_number":"54.1-406","catch_line":"License required","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-406\/"},{"id":83060,"section_number":"54.1-410","catch_line":"Other building laws not affected; duties of public officials","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-410\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76379,"section_number":"54.1-400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-400\/"},{"id":57598,"section_number":"54.1-406","catch_line":"License required","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-406\/"}],"permalink":{"id":240569,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76750,"identifier":"54.1-402.1","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-402.1","url":"\/54.1-402.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-402.1\/","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-402.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"State and local government employees; license exemptions for persons employed prior to March 8, 1992","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-402.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person engaged in the practice of engineering<\/span>, architecture, or land surveying as those terms are defined in \u00a7 54.1-400<\/a> as a regular, full-time, salaried employee of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision of the Commonwealth on March 8, 1992, who remains employed by any state agency or political subdivision shall be exempt until June 30, 2010, from the licensure requirements of \u00a7 54.1-406<\/a> provided the employee does not furnish advisory service for compensation to the public or as an independent contracting party<\/span> in this Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof in connection with engineering, architectural, or land surveying matters. The chief administrative officer of any agency of the Commonwealth or political subdivision thereof employing persons engaged in the practice of engineering<\/span>, architecture, or land surveying as regular, full-time, salaried employees shall have the authority and responsibility to determine the engineering, architecture, and land surveying positions which have responsible charge<\/span> of engineering, architectural, or land surveying decisions.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; LICENSE EXEMPTIONS FOR PERSONS EMPLOYED\nPRIOR TO MARCH 8, 1992 (\u00a7 54.1-402.1)\n\nAny person engaged in the practice of engineering, architecture, or land\nsurveying as those terms are defined in \u00a7 54.1-400 as a regular, full-time,\nsalaried employee of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision of the\nCommonwealth on March 8, 1992, who remains employed by any state agency or\npolitical subdivision shall be exempt until June 30, 2010, from the licensure\nrequirements of \u00a7 54.1-406 provided the employee does not furnish advisory\nservice for compensation to the public or as an independent contracting party in\nthis Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof in connection with\nengineering, architectural, or land surveying matters. The chief administrative\nofficer of any agency of the Commonwealth or political subdivision thereof\nemploying persons engaged in the practice of engineering, architecture, or land\nsurveying as regular, full-time, salaried employees shall have the authority and\nresponsibility to determine the engineering, architecture, and land surveying\npositions which have responsible charge of engineering, architectural, or land\nsurveying decisions.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, cc. 780, 783; 1994, c. 379.","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}}