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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
4/18/2025

18VAC85. Board of Medicine

VAC AGENCY NO. 85

BOARD OF MEDICINE

AGENCY SUMMARY

The Board of Medicine is a licensing and regulatory board housed within the Department of Health Professions. For the statutory authority of the boards within the department, see Subtitle III (§ 54.1-2400 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia.

The board is authorized by Chapter 29 (§ 54.1-2900 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia to license, certify, and regulate 23 different types of health care practitioners, some jointly with the Boards of Pharmacy and Nursing. 

The board is required by Chapter 29 (§ 54.1-2900 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia to prescribe by regulation such requirements as may be necessary to ensure continued practitioner competence, which may include continuing education, testing, or any other requirement and to promulgate regulations to facilitate participation in the PA Licensure Compact and the Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact.

Board regulations and guidance as well as contact information for the board are available through the board's website at https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Boards/Medicine/.

Rev. 07/2024

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