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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 408 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2007, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0892\">892<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0924\">924<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1467253,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368104,"identifier":"54.1-2302","token":"54.1\/II\/23\/54.1-2302","url":"\/54.1-2302\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2302\/","token":"54.1\/II\/23\/54.1-2302","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2302","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall operate a <span class=\"dictionary\">waterworks<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">wastewater works<\/span>, perform the duties of an onsite soil evaluator, or install or operate an alternative <span class=\"dictionary\">onsite sewage system<\/span>, without a valid license.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE REQUIRED (\u00a7 54.1-2302)\n\nNo person shall operate a waterworks or wastewater works, perform the duties of\nan onsite soil evaluator, or install or operate an alternative onsite sewage\nsystem, without a valid license.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 408, \u00a7 54-573.18; 1988, c. 765; 2007, cc. 892, 924.","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"}}