Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions

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This is Subtitle III of the Code of Virginia, titled “Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions.” It is part of Title 54.1 “Professions and Occupations”. It contains 738 laws divided across 83 structures.

Chapter 24	General Provisions
Chapter 24.1	Practitioner Self-Referral Act
Chapter 25	Department of Health Professions
Chapter 25.1	Health Practitioners' Monitoring Program
Chapter 25.2	Prescription Monitoring Program
Chapter 26	Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Chapter 27	Dentistry
Chapter 27.01	Dialysis Patient Care Technicians
Chapter 27.1	Dietitians and Nutritionists
Chapter 28	Funeral Services
Chapter 29	Medicine and Other Healing Arts
Chapter 30	Nursing
Chapter 32	Optometry
Chapter 31	Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Administrators
Chapter 33	Pharmacy
Chapter 34.1	Physical Therapy
Chapter 34	Drug Control Act
Chapter 35	Professional Counseling
Chapter 36	Psychology
Chapter 37	Social Work
Chapter 38	Veterinary Medicine
Chapter 37.1	Recreation Specialists [Repealed]