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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 152<\/a> and 158<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1470085,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368645,"identifier":"54.1-3224","token":"54.1\/III\/32\/5\/54.1-3224","url":"\/54.1-3224\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3224\/","token":"54.1\/III\/32\/5\/54.1-3224","dublin_core":{"Title":"Denial, etc., of TPA certification; disciplinary actions; summary suspension under certain circumstances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3224","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> of Optometry may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, or suspend any TPA-certificate issued to a TPA-certified optometrist<\/span>, or applied for by a licensed optometrist in accordance with the provisions of this article, or may discipline or reprimand any certificate holder for violations of this chapter or the Board<\/span>’s regulations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span> may take action summarily to suspend a TPA-certified optometrist<\/span>’s certification under this section by means of a telephone conference call if, in the opinion<\/span> of a majority of the Board<\/span>, (i) a good faith effort to convene a regular meeting of the Board<\/span> has failed and (ii) there is an imminent danger to the public health or safety which warrants this action. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDENIAL, ETC., OF TPA CERTIFICATION; DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS; SUMMARY SUSPENSION\nUNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES (\u00a7 54.1-3224)\n\nA. The Board of Optometry may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, or suspend any\nTPA-certificate issued to a TPA-certified optometrist, or applied for by a\nlicensed optometrist in accordance with the provisions of this article, or may\ndiscipline or reprimand any certificate holder for violations of this chapter or\nthe Board’s regulations.\n\nB. The Board may take action summarily to suspend a TPA-certified\noptometrist’s certification under this section by means of a telephone\nconference call if, in the opinion of a majority of the Board, (i) a good faith\neffort to convene a regular meeting of the Board has failed and (ii) there is an\nimminent danger to the public health or safety which warrants this action.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 152, 158.","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"}}