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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 530<\/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 2017, chapters 418<\/a> and 426<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1470905,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368838,"identifier":"54.1-3506.1","token":"54.1\/III\/35\/1\/54.1-3506.1","url":"\/54.1-3506.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3506.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/35\/1\/54.1-3506.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Client notification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3506.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person licensed, certified, or registered by the Board<\/span> and operating in a nonhospital setting shall post a copy of his license, certification, or registration in a conspicuous place. The posting shall also provide clients with (i) the number of the toll-free complaint line at the Department of Health Professions, (ii) the website address of the Department for the purposes of accessing the licensee’s, certificate holder’s, or registrant’s record, and (iii) notice of the client’s right to report to the Department if he believes the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. If the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant does not operate in a central location at which clients visit, he or his employer shall provide such information on a disclosure form signed by the client and maintained in the client’s record.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLIENT NOTIFICATION (\u00a7 54.1-3506.1)\n\nAny person licensed, certified, or registered by the Board and operating in a\nnonhospital setting shall post a copy of his license, certification, or\nregistration in a conspicuous place. The posting shall also provide clients with\n(i) the number of the toll-free complaint line at the Department of Health\nProfessions, (ii) the website address of the Department for the purposes of\naccessing the licensee’s, certificate holder’s, or\nregistrant’s record, and (iii) notice of the client’s right to\nreport to the Department if he believes the licensee, certificate holder, or\nregistrant may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct.\nIf the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant does not operate in a central\nlocation at which clients visit, he or his employer shall provide such\ninformation on a disclosure form signed by the client and maintained in the\nclient’s record.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 530; 2017, cc. 418, 426.","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"}}