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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0052\">52<\/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. 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 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0103\">103<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":359181,"section_number":"32.1-163","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-163\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1487733,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372953,"identifier":"59.1-310.8","token":"59.1\/24.2\/59.1-310.8","url":"\/59.1-310.8\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-310.8\/","token":"59.1\/24.2\/59.1-310.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-310.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The work of an employee or a subordinate of an <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized septic system inspector<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1391078\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-310.8\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The practice of any profession or occupation that is regulated by a regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation or other state agency; or <a id=\"paragraph-1391079\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-310.8\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The work of employees of the Department of Health in carrying out their regulatory duties under Chapter 6 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/32.1-163\/\">32.1-163<\/a> et seq.) of Title 32.1. <a id=\"paragraph-1391080\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-310.8\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 59.1-310.8)\n\nThis chapter shall not be construed to prohibit:\n\n1. The work of an employee or a subordinate of an authorized septic system\ninspector;\n\n2. The practice of any profession or occupation that is regulated by a\nregulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational\nRegulation or other state agency; or\n\n3. The work of employees of the Department of Health in carrying out their\nregulatory duties under Chapter 6 (&#xA7; 32.1-163 et seq.) of Title 32.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 52; 2025, c. 103.","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"}}