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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79288</law_id><section_number>54.1-309</section_number><catch_line>Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation; members, terms, chairman; meetings</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="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There shall be a <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for Professional and Occupational Regulation within the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. Members shall serve for four-year terms and no member shall serve for more than two full successive terms. The chairman of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be elected annually by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
		The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall meet at least once each year and on the call of the chairman when he deems additional meetings necessary.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 408, &#xA7;&#xA7; 54-1.23, 54-1.24; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c. 499; 2012, c. 522.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
