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Code of Virginia
Title 54.1. Professions and Occupations
7/10/2026

Title 54.1. Professions and Occupations (2026 Updates)

  • Subtitle I. General Provisions Relating to Regulatory Boards
  • Chapter 1. General Provisions
    § 54.1-113
    Regulatory boards to adjust fees; certain transfer of moneys collected on behalf of health regulatory boards prohibited
  • Subtitle II. Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards within the Department
  • Chapter 2. General Provisions
    § 54.1-201
    Powers and duties of regulatory boards
    § 54.1-202.1
    Recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs
    § 54.1-205
    Universal license recognition
  • Chapter 4. Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers
    • Article 1. Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Landscape Architects
    § 54.1-402
    Further exemptions from license requirements for architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors
    § 54.1-402.1
    State and local government employees
    § 54.1-403
    Board members and officers; quorum
    § 54.1-406
    License required
  • Chapter 5. Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspection Contractors and Workers
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 54.1-516
    Disciplinary actions
  • Chapter 6. Auctioneers
    § 54.1-602
    Auctioneers Board; membership, meetings and powers
  • Chapter 9. Branch Pilots
    • Article 1. Board for Branch Pilots
    § 54.1-902
    Regulations; suspension or revocation of license; penalty for violation
  • Chapter 11. Contractors
    • Article 1. Regulation of Contractors
    § 54.1-1102
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Board for Contractors membership; offices; meetings; seal; record
    § 54.1-1102
    (Effective January 1, 2027) Board for Contractors membership; offices; meetings; seal; record
    § 54.1-1103.1
    Examinations; alternative languages
    § 54.1-1110
    Grounds for denial or revocation of license or certificate
    § 54.1-1117.1
    (Effective January 1, 2027) Sale, lease, or power purchase agreement for solar energy system; required provisions and disclosures; civil penalty
    • Article 3. Tradesmen, Backflow Prevention Device Workers, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Fitters
    § 54.1-1131
    Exemptions
    § 54.1-1134
    Grounds for denial or revocation of certification or license; reports of building officials and others
  • Chapter 15. Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 54.1-1500
    Definitions
    • Article 2. Hearing Aids and Hearing Aid Specialists
    § 54.1-1501
    Exemptions; sale of hearing aids by corporations, etc., measuring hearing
    § 54.1-1504.1
    Permits
    • Article 3. Opticians
    § 54.1-1506
    Exemptions
  • Chapter 20.1. Real Estate Appraisers
    § 54.1-2013
    General powers of Real Estate Appraiser Board; regulations; educational requirements for licensure
  • Chapter 22. Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 54.1-2200.2
    Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists; membership; quorum
    • Article 2. Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals
    § 54.1-2205
    License required; application; requirements for licensure; continuing education
    • Article 3. Geologists
    § 54.1-2208.3
    Waiver of examination
    § 54.1-2208.1
    Purpose; exemptions
    § 54.1-2208.4
    Professional ethics and conduct
    § 54.1-2208.2
    Licensure; minimum qualifications; penalty
    § 54.1-2208.5
    Continuing education
  • Chapter 23.1. Cemetery Operators, Perpetual Care Trust Funds and Preneed Burial Contracts
    § 54.1-2314
    Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or registration
  • Subtitle III. Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards within the Department of Health Professions
  • Chapter 24. General Provisions
    § 54.1-2401.1
    Recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs
    § 54.1-2404
    Itemized statements required upon request
  • Chapter 25.2. Prescription Monitoring Program
    § 54.1-2521
    Reporting requirements
    § 54.1-2522
    Reporting exemptions
    § 54.1-2523
    Confidentiality of data; disclosure of information; discretionary authority of Director
    § 54.1-2525
    Unlawful disclosure of information; disciplinary action authorized; penalties
  • Chapter 27. Dentistry
    • Article 1. Board of Dentistry
    § 54.1-2708.2
    Repealed
    • Article 3. Licensure of Dental Hygienists
    § 54.1-2722
    License; application; qualifications; practice of dental hygiene; report
    • Article 4. Practice of Dental Assistants
    § 54.1-2729.01
    Practice of dental assistants
  • Chapter 29. Medicine and Other Healing Arts
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 54.1-2901
    Exceptions and exemptions generally
    • Article 2. Board of Medicine
    § 54.1-2911
    Board; membership; terms of office; executive director; etc.
    § 54.1-2928.4
    Continuing education activities; bias reduction training
    • Article 3. Licensure of Physicians of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine, Chiropractors, and Podiatrists
    § 54.1-2936.1
    Licensure by endorsement of foreign chiropractors
    • Article 4. Licensure and Certification of Other Practitioners of the Healing Arts
    § 54.1-2951.1
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, c. 418, cl. 3) Requirements for licensure and practice as a physician assistant; licensure by endorsement
    § 54.1-2951.1
    (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2026, c. 418, cl. 3) Requirements for licensure and practice as a physician assistant; licensure by endorsement
    § 54.1-2952
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, c. 418, cl. 3) Role of patient care team physician or patient care team podiatrist on patient care teams; services that may be performed by physician assistants; responsibility of licensee; employment of physician assistants
    § 54.1-2952.01
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, c. 418, cl. 3) Physician assistants; authorization to practice without a practice agreement
    § 54.1-2952.1
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, c. 418, cl. 3) Prescription of certain controlled substances and devices by licensed physician assistants
    § 54.1-2952
    (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2026, c. 418, cl. 3) Role of patient care team physician or patient care team podiatrist on patient care teams; services that may be performed by physician assistants; responsibility of licensee; employment of physician assistants
    § 54.1-2952.1
    (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2026, c. 418, cl. 3) Prescription of certain controlled substances and devices by licensed physician assistants
    § 54.1-2954.2
    (For contingent effective date, see § 11) Respiratory Care Interstate Compact
    § 54.1-2956.8:1
    (Effective until July 1, 2029) Unlawful to practice radiologic technology without license; unlawful designation as a radiologist assistant, radiologic technologist, or radiologic technologist, limited; Board to regulate radiologist assistants and radiologic technologists
    § 54.1-2956.8:1
    (Effective July 1, 2029) Unlawful to practice radiologic technology without license; unlawful designation as a radiologist assistant, radiologic technologist, or radiologic technologist, limited; Board to regulate radiologist assistants and radiologic technologists
    § 54.1-2957.4:1
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, c. 176, cl. 2) Athletic Trainer Compact
    § 54.1-2957.18
    Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis
    § 54.1-2957.4:1
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, c. 176, cl. 2) Athletic Trainer Compact
    • Article 5. Approval of Educational Programs
    § 54.1-2961
    Interns and residents in hospitals
  • Chapter 30. Nursing
    • Article 1. Board of Nursing
    § 54.1-3001
    Exemptions
    § 54.1-3011
    Renewal of licenses; continuing education; lapsed licenses; reinstatement; penalties
    § 54.1-3011.2
    Nursing Scholarship and Loan Repayment Fund
  • Chapter 32. Optometry
    • Article 5. Certification for Administration of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (TPAs)
    § 54.1-3222.1
    Selling and dispensing Schedule VI controlled substances by TPA-certified optometrist; requirements
  • Chapter 33. Pharmacy
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 54.1-3300.1
    Participation in collaborative agreements; regulations to be promulgated by the Boards of Medicine and Pharmacy
    § 54.1-3303.2
    Remote pharmacist verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs
    § 54.1-3304.1
    Authority to license and regulate practitioners; permits
  • Chapter 34. Drug Control Act
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 54.1-3408
    Professional use by practitioners
    § 54.1-3408.06
    Therapeutic interchange and adaptation
    • Article 2. Permitting of Pharmacies
    § 54.1-3432
    Supervision by pharmacist
    • Article 5. Standards and Schedules
    § 54.1-3446
    Schedule I
    • Article 6. Misbranded and Adulterated Drugs and Cosmetics
    § 54.1-3457
    Prohibited acts
  • Chapter 35. Professional Counseling
    • Article 1.1. Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioners
    § 54.1-3507.01
    Licensure by endorsement of licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners
  • Chapter 37. Social Work
    • Article 1. Social Work
    § 54.1-3707.2
    Criminal background check
  • Subtitle IV. Professions Regulated by the Supreme Court
  • Chapter 39. Attorneys
    • Article 2. Bar Organization and Government
    § 54.1-3912
    Fees
  • Subtitle VI. Professions Regulated by Other Entities
  • Chapter 44. Public Accountants
    § 54.1-4400
    Definitions
    § 54.1-4409.1
    Licensing requirements for persons; inactive and emeritus status
    § 54.1-4426
    Accounting services for licensed marijuana establishments.