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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0460\">460<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":368844,"section_number":"54.1-3507","catch_line":"Scope of practice of and qualifications for licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3507\/"},{"id":368841,"section_number":"54.1-3507.1","catch_line":"Scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications of certified substance abuse counselors","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3507.1\/"},{"id":368842,"section_number":"54.1-3507.2","catch_line":"Scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications of certified substance abuse counseling assistants","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3507.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1470927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368843,"identifier":"54.1-3507.3","token":"54.1\/III\/35\/1.1\/54.1-3507.3","url":"\/54.1-3507.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3507.3\/","token":"54.1\/III\/35\/1.1\/54.1-3507.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of titles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3507.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall claim to be, or use the title of, a <span class=\"dictionary\">substance abuse treatment<\/span> practitioner, a substance abuse counselor, or a substance abuse <span class=\"dictionary\">counseling<\/span> assistant unless he has been licensed or certified as such pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Scope of practice of and qualifications for licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners\" href=\"\/54.1-3507\/\">54.1-3507<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications of certified substance abuse counselors\" href=\"\/54.1-3507.1\/\">54.1-3507.1<\/a> or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications of certified substance abuse counseling assistants\" href=\"\/54.1-3507.2\/\">54.1-3507.2<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF TITLES (\u00a7 54.1-3507.3)\n\nNo person shall claim to be, or use the title of, a substance abuse treatment\npractitioner, a substance abuse counselor, or a substance abuse counseling\nassistant unless he has been licensed or certified as such pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7\n54.1-3507, 54.1-3507.1 or \u00a7 54.1-3507.2.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 460.","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"}}