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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55191</law_id><section_number>54.1-2503</section_number><catch_line>Boards within Department</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-2500</reference><reference>54.1-2515</reference><reference>63.2-1606</reference><reference>8.01-581.16</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>The following boards are included within the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>: Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Board of Counseling, Board of Dentistry, Board of Funeral <span class="dictionary">Directors</span> and Embalmers, Board of Long-Term Care Administrators, Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing, Board of Optometry, Board of Pharmacy, Board of Physical Therapy, Board of Psychology, Board of Social Work, and Board of Veterinary Medicine.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 579, &#xA7; 54-950.2; 1980, c. 678; 1983, c. 115; 1987, c. 686; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 706, 841; 1993, c. 869; 2000, cc. 473, 688; 2005, cc. 610, 924; 2025, c. 341.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
