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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75147</law_id><section_number>54.1-2500</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-2400</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="25">Department of Health Professions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health Professions.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Director</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health Professions.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Health regulatory board</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;regulatory board&#x201D; means any board included within the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health Professions as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Boards within Department" href="/54.1-2503/">54.1-2503</a>.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 579, &#xA7; 54-950; 1980, c. 678; 1983, c. 115; 1985, c. 448; 1986, c. 564; 1987, c. 686; 1988, c. 765; 2025, c. 341.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
