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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0575\">575<\/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":1471107,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368886,"identifier":"54.1-3708","token":"54.1\/III\/37\/1\/54.1-3708","url":"\/54.1-3708\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3708\/","token":"54.1\/III\/37\/1\/54.1-3708","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continuing education requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3708","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall establish in regulations requirements for the continuing education of licensed <span class=\"dictionary\">social workers<\/span>.<\/p><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may approve persons who provide continuing education or accredit continuing education programs in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to accomplish the purposes of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7 54.1-3708)\n\nThe Board shall establish in regulations requirements for the continuing\neducation of licensed social workers.\n\nThe Board may approve persons who provide continuing education or accredit\ncontinuing education programs in order to accomplish the purposes of this\nsection.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 575.","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"}}