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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64160</law_id><section_number>54.1-3605</section_number><catch_line>Powers and duties of the Board</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="36">Psychology</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to the powers granted in other provisions of this title, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall have the following specific powers and duties:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> To cooperate with and maintain a close liaison with other professional <span class="dictionary">boards</span> and the community to ensure that regulatory systems <span class="dictionary">stay</span> abreast of community and professional needs. <a id="paragraph-233573" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3605/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To conduct inspections to ensure that licensees conduct their practices in a competent manner and in conformance with the relevant regulations. <a id="paragraph-233574" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3605/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> To designate specialties within the profession. <a id="paragraph-233575" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3605/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> To <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a temporary license for such periods as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may prescribe to practice psychology to persons who are engaged in a residency or pursuant to subdivision 7 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exemption from requirements of licensure" href="/54.1-3601/">54.1-3601</a>. <a id="paragraph-233576" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3605/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> To promulgate regulations for the voluntary certification of licensees as sex offender treatment providers. <a id="paragraph-233577" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3605/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> To administer the mandatory certification of sex offender treatment providers for those professionals who are otherwise exempt from licensure under subdivision 4 of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exemption from requirements of licensure" href="/54.1-3501/">54.1-3501</a>, <a class="law" title="Exemption from requirements of licensure" href="/54.1-3601/">54.1-3601</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exemption from requirements of licensure" href="/54.1-3701/">54.1-3701</a> and to promulgate regulations governing such mandatory certification. The regulations shall include provisions for fees for application processing, certification qualifications, certification issuance and renewal and disciplinary action. <a id="paragraph-233578" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3605/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> To promulgate regulations establishing the requirements for licensure of <span class="dictionary">clinical psychologists</span> that shall include appropriate emphasis in the diagnosis and treatment of persons with moderate and severe mental disorders. <a id="paragraph-233579" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3605/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1976, c. 608, &#xA7;&#xA7; 54-929, 54-931; 1983, c. 115; 1986, cc. 64, 100, 464; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c. 767; 1994, c. 778; 1996, cc. 937, 980; 1997, c. 556; 1999, c. 630; 2001, cc. 186, 198; 2004, c. 11.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
