                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COPIES OF EXAMINATIONS FILED BY REGULATORY BOARDS (§ 54.1-101)

A copy of examinations given by regulatory and advisory boards within the
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and the Department of
Health Professions authorized to conduct examinations of applicants for
admission to practice or pursue any profession, vocation, trade, calling, or art
shall be kept on file at the office of the secretary of each board. A copy of
the examination shall be placed on file within ten days after it is
administered, and shall be preserved for at least one year as a public record
accessible to any person desiring to examine it during usual business hours.
After the expiration of one year from the time the examination is filed, the
secretary of the respective board may withdraw and destroy the examination.
However, this section shall not be construed or interpreted in a manner to
require the filing or release of examinations or other information which would
result in compromising the validity or security of future examinations conducted
by regulatory or advisory boards of the Department of Professional and
Occupational Regulation or the Department of Health Professions. In the event
any provision of this section results in a conflict with the provisions of §
54.1-108, the provisions of § 54.1-108 shall prevail.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-1; 1952, c. 227; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 94; 1960, c. 10;
1962, c. 13; 1970, c. 623; 1973, c. 284; 1985, c. 448; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c.
499.