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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 626 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapter 765; in 2002, chapter 784<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 777<\/a> and 859<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1467199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368092,"identifier":"54.1-2207","token":"54.1\/II\/22\/2\/54.1-2207","url":"\/54.1-2207\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2207\/","token":"54.1\/II\/22\/2\/54.1-2207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unprofessional conduct","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any professional soil scientist<\/span> who is licensed or any wetland delineator who is certified, as provided in this chapter, shall be considered guilty of unprofessional conduct and subject to disciplinary action by the Board<\/span>, if he:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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5.<\/span> Is convicted of a felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT (\u00a7 54.1-2207)\n\nAny professional soil scientist who is licensed or any wetland delineator who is\ncertified, as provided in this chapter, shall be considered guilty of\nunprofessional conduct and subject to disciplinary action by the Board, if he:\n\n1. Obtains his certification or license through fraud or deceit;\n\n2. Violates or cooperates with others in violating any provision of this\nchapter, the Code of Professional Ethics and Conduct or any regulation of the\nBoard;\n\n3. Performs any act likely to deceive, defraud or harm the public;\n\n4. Demonstrates gross negligence, incompetence or misconduct in the practice of\nsoil evaluation or wetland delineation; or\n\n5. Is convicted of a felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 626; 1988, c. 765; 2002, c. 784; 2011, cc. 777, 859.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}