Medicine and Other Healing Arts

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This is Chapter 29 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Medicine and Other Healing Arts.” It is part of Subtitle III “Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions”, which is part of Title 54.1 “Professions and Occupations”. It contains 183 laws divided across 10 structures.

Article 1	General Provisions
Article 2	Board of Medicine
Article 3	Licensure of Physicians of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine, Chiropractors, and Podiatrists
Article 4	Licensure and Certification of Other Practitioners of the Healing Arts
Article 5	Approval of Educational Programs
Article 6	General Standards of Practice
Article 7	Sexual Sterilization
Article 8	Health Care Decisions Act
Article 9	Advance Health Care Directive Registry
Article 10	Direct Primary Care Agreements