Licensure and Certification of Other Practitioners of the Healing Arts

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This is Article 4 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Licensure and Certification of Other Practitioners of the Healing Arts.” It is part of Chapter 29 “Medicine and Other Healing Arts”, which is part of Subtitle III “Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions”, which is part of Title 54.1 “Professions and Occupations”.

It’s comprised of the following 62 sections.

§ 54.1-2942	Repealed
§ 54.1-2949	License required
§ 54.1-2950	Requisite training and educational achievements of assistants
§ 54.1-2950.1	Advisory Board on Physician Assistants; membership; qualifications
§ 54.1-2951	Repealed
§ 54.1-2951.1	Requirements for licensure and practice as a physician assistant; licensure by endorsement
§ 54.1-2951.2	Issuance of a license
§ 54.1-2951.3	Restricted volunteer license for certain physician assistants
§ 54.1-2951.4	Exception to physician assistant license requirement; physician assistant student
§ 54.1-2952	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	Prescription of certain controlled substances and devices by licensed physician assistants
§ 54.1-2952.2	When physician assistant signature accepted
§ 54.1-2953	Renewal, revocation, suspension, and refusal
§ 54.1-2953.1	PA Licensure Compact
§ 54.1-2954	Respiratory therapist; definition
§ 54.1-2954.1	Powers of Board concerning respiratory care
§ 54.1-2955	Restriction of titles
§ 54.1-2956	Advisory Board on Respiratory Care; appointment; terms; duties; etc
§ 54.1-2956.01	Exceptions to respiratory therapist's licensure
§ 54.1-2956.1	Powers of Board concerning occupational therapy
§ 54.1-2956.10	Requisite training and educational achievements of acupuncturists
§ 54.1-2956.11	Advisory Board on Acupuncture; composition; appointment
§ 54.1-2956.12	Registered surgical technologist; use of title; registration
§ 54.1-2956.13	Licensure of surgical assistant; practice of surgical assisting; use of title
§ 54.1-2956.14	Advisory Board on Surgical Assisting; appointments; terms; duties
§ 54.1-2956.2	Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy
§ 54.1-2956.3	Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy; composition; appointment
§ 54.1-2956.4	Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy; powers
§ 54.1-2956.5	Unlawful to practice occupational therapy without license
§ 54.1-2956.6	Repealed
§ 54.1-2956.7:1	Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact
§ 54.1-2956.8	Advisory Board on Radiological Technology; appointments; terms; etc
§ 54.1-2956.8:1	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
§ 54.1-2956.8:2	Requisite training and educational achievements of radiologist assistants, radiologic technologists, and radiologic technologists, limited
§ 54.1-2956.9	Unlawful to practice acupuncture without license; unlawful designation as acupuncturist; Board to regulate acupuncturists
§ 54.1-2957	Licensure and practice of advanced practice registered nurses; certified nurse midwives; independent practice of certified nurse midwives
§ 54.1-2957.001	Restricted volunteer license for advanced practice registered nurses
§ 54.1-2957.01	Prescription of certain controlled substances and devices by licensed advanced practice registered nurses
§ 54.1-2957.02	When advanced practice registered nurse signature accepted
§ 54.1-2957.03	Certified nurse midwives; required disclosures; liability
§ 54.1-2957.04	Licensure as a licensed certified midwife; practice as a licensed certified midwife; independent practice as a licensed certified midwife; use of title; required disclosures
§ 54.1-2957.1	Repealed
§ 54.1-2957.10	Advisory Board on Midwifery established; membership; duties; terms
§ 54.1-2957.11	Requirements for disclosure
§ 54.1-2957.12	Immunity
§ 54.1-2957.13	Exceptions
§ 54.1-2957.14	Advisory Board on Polysomnographic Technology; appointment; terms; duties
§ 54.1-2957.15	Unlawful to practice as a polysomnographic technologist without a license
§ 54.1-2957.16	Licensure of behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts; requirements; powers of the Board
§ 54.1-2957.17	Exceptions to licensure requirements
§ 54.1-2957.18	Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis
§ 54.1-2957.19	Genetic counseling; regulation of the practice; license required; licensure; temporary license
§ 54.1-2957.20	Exemptions
§ 54.1-2957.21	Repealed
§ 54.1-2957.22	Advisory Board on Genetic Counseling established; membership; terms
§ 54.1-2957.23	Licensure of anesthesiologist assistants
§ 54.1-2957.4	Licensure as athletic trainer required; requisite training and educational requirements; powers of the Board concerning athletic training
§ 54.1-2957.5	Advisory Board on Athletic Training established; duties; composition; appointment; terms
§ 54.1-2957.6	Exceptions to athletic trainer licensure
§ 54.1-2957.7	Licensed midwife and practice of midwifery; definitions
§ 54.1-2957.8	Licensure of midwives; requisite training and educational requirements; fees
§ 54.1-2957.9	Regulation of the practice of midwifery