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It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 477; in 1976, chapter 671; in 1979, chapter 54; in 2001, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0486\">486<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0506\">506<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0716\">716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1436931,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360962,"identifier":"37.2-413","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/2\/37.2-413","url":"\/37.2-413\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-413\/","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/2\/37.2-413","dublin_core":{"Title":"Necessity for supervision by licensed provider","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-413","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall maintain or operate any service unless such service is under the direct supervision of a <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> licensed under this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNECESSITY FOR SUPERVISION BY LICENSED PROVIDER (\u00a7 37.2-413)\n\nNo person shall maintain or operate any service unless such service is under the\ndirect supervision of a provider licensed under this article.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 37-258; 1950, p. 936; 1968, c. 477, \u00a7 37.1-184; 1976, c.\n671; 1979, c. 54; 2001, cc. 486, 506; 2005, c. 716.","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"}}