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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56664</law_id><section_number>54.1-3023</section_number><catch_line>Application for certification by competency evaluation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="30">Nursing</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Certification of Nurse Aides</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every applicant for certification by competency evaluation shall pay the required application fee and shall submit written <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that the applicant: <a id="paragraph-207327" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3023/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Has not committed any act or omission that would be grounds for discipline or denial of certification under this article; and <a id="paragraph-207328" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3023/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Has successfully completed an education or training program approved by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-207329" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3023/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall consider and may accept relevant practical experience and didactic and clinical components of education and training completed by an applicant for certification as a nurse aide during his service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States as <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of the satisfaction of the educational requirements for certification. <a id="paragraph-207330" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3023/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 278; 2011, c. 390.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
