CODE OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT CONTINUED; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR (§ 54.1-301) The Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation within the executive branch is hereby continued. The Department shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor for a term coincident with that of the Governor. HISTORY: 1979, c. 408, § 54-1.30; 1984, c. 720; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c. 499.