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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 222<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56501,"section_number":"54.1-307.1","catch_line":"Time for filing complaints against regulants","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-307.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":240727,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75962,"identifier":"54.1-516.1","token":"54.1\/II\/5\/1\/54.1-516.1","url":"\/54.1-516.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-516.1\/","token":"54.1\/II\/5\/1\/54.1-516.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Summary suspension of licenses or approvals; allegations to be in writing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-516.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> may suspend the license or the approval of any (i) accredited training program, (ii) training manager<\/span> or (iii) principal instructor<\/span> of any person<\/span> holding a license issued by it without a hearing<\/span> simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing<\/span> or an informal fact<\/span> finding<\/span> conference, if the relevant board<\/span> finds that there is a substantial danger to the public health or safety that warrants this action. The Board<\/span> may meet by telephone conference call when summarily suspending a license or the approval of an accredited training program, training manager<\/span> or principal instructor<\/span> if a good faith effort to assemble a quorum of the Board<\/span> has failed and, in the judgment<\/span> of a majority of the members of the Board<\/span>, the continued practice by the licensee or approved individual or training program constitutes a substantial danger to the public health or safety. Institution of proceedings for a hearing<\/span> or an informal fact<\/span> finding<\/span> conference shall be provided simultaneously with the summary suspension. Such hearing<\/span> or conference shall be scheduled within a reasonable time of the date of the summary suspension. Allegations<\/span> of violations of this section shall be made in accordance with \u00a7 54.1-307.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUMMARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSES OR APPROVALS; ALLEGATIONS TO BE IN WRITING (\u00a7\n54.1-516.1)\n\nThe Board may suspend the license or the approval of any (i) accredited training\nprogram, (ii) training manager or (iii) principal instructor of any person\nholding a license issued by it without a hearing simultaneously with the\ninstitution of proceedings for a hearing or an informal fact finding conference,\nif the relevant board finds that there is a substantial danger to the public\nhealth or safety that warrants this action. The Board may meet by telephone\nconference call when summarily suspending a license or the approval of an\naccredited training program, training manager or principal instructor if a good\nfaith effort to assemble a quorum of the Board has failed and, in the judgment\nof a majority of the members of the Board, the continued practice by the\nlicensee or approved individual or training program constitutes a substantial\ndanger to the public health or safety. Institution of proceedings for a hearing\nor an informal fact finding conference shall be provided simultaneously with the\nsummary suspension. Such hearing or conference shall be scheduled within a\nreasonable time of the date of the summary suspension. Allegations of violations\nof this section shall be made in accordance with \u00a7 54.1-307.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 222.","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}}