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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 638 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56006,"section_number":"62.1-44.15","catch_line":"Powers and duties; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15\/"},{"id":71038,"section_number":"62.1-44.25","catch_line":"Right to hearing","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.25\/"}],"permalink":{"id":270001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72265,"identifier":"62.1-44.28","token":"62.1\/3.1\/5\/62.1-44.28","url":"\/62.1-44.28\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.28\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/5\/62.1-44.28","dublin_core":{"Title":"Decisions of the Board in hearings pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 62.1-44.15 and 62.1-44.25","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.28","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>To be valid and operative, the decision by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> rendered pursuant to <span class=\"dictionary\">hearings<\/span> under subdivisions (8a), (8b), and (8c) of \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers and duties; civil penalties\" href=\"\/62.1-44.15\/\">62.1-44.15<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Right to hearing\" href=\"\/62.1-44.25\/\">62.1-44.25<\/a> must be reduced to writing and contain the explicit <span class=\"dictionary\">findings<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span> and conclusions of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> upon which the decision of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> is based and certified copies thereof must be mailed by certified mail to the parties affected by it.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECISIONS OF THE BOARD IN HEARINGS PURSUANT TO \u00a7\u00a7 62.1-44.15 AND 62.1-44.25\n(\u00a7 62.1-44.28)\n\nTo be valid and operative, the decision by the Board rendered pursuant to\nhearings under subdivisions (8a), (8b), and (8c) of \u00a7\u00a7 62.1-44.15 and\n62.1-44.25 must be reduced to writing and contain the explicit findings of fact\nand conclusions of law upon which the decision of the Board is based and\ncertified copies thereof must be mailed by certified mail to the parties\naffected by it.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 638.","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}}