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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1471095,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368883,"identifier":"54.1-3706","token":"54.1\/III\/37\/1\/54.1-3706","url":"\/54.1-3706\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3706\/","token":"54.1\/III\/37\/1\/54.1-3706","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3706","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to engage in the <span class=\"dictionary\">practice of social work<\/span>, it shall be necessary to hold a license.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE REQUIRED (\u00a7 54.1-3706)\n\nIn order to engage in the practice of social work, it shall be necessary to hold\na license.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 408, \u00a7 54-943.1; 1988, c. 765.","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"}}