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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 608 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. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1471099,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368885,"identifier":"54.1-3707","token":"54.1\/III\/37\/1\/54.1-3707","url":"\/54.1-3707\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3707\/","token":"54.1\/III\/37\/1\/54.1-3707","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licenses continued","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3707","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All licenses heretofore issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of Social Work and its predecessors shall continue in effect, and be renewable under this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSES CONTINUED (\u00a7 54.1-3707)\n\nAll licenses heretofore issued by the Board of Social Work and its predecessors\nshall continue in effect, and be renewable under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 608, \u00a7 54-943; 1988, c. 765.","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"}}