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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368853</law_id><section_number>54.1-3517</section_number><catch_line>Advisory Board on Art Therapy; membership; terms</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-3516</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="16" identifier="35">Professional Counseling</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="3">Art Therapists</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Advisory <span class="dictionary">Board</span> on <span class="dictionary">Art Therapy</span> (the Advisory <span class="dictionary">Board</span>) is hereby established to assist the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in formulating regulations related to the practice of <span class="dictionary">art therapy</span>. The Advisory <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall also assist in such other matters relating to the practice of <span class="dictionary">art therapy</span> as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may require. <a id="paragraph-1375051" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3517/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The Advisory <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall have a total membership of five nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor as follows: three members shall be licensed <span class="dictionary">art therapists</span>, one member shall be a licensed health care provider other than an <span class="dictionary">art therapist</span>, and one member shall be a citizen at large. <a id="paragraph-1375052" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3517/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> After the initial staggering of terms, members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. However, no member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member&#x2019;s eligibility for reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. <a id="paragraph-1375053" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3517/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 301.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
