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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 512 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 1990 \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 1991, chapter 291.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1467637,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369015,"identifier":"54.1-413","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/2\/54.1-413","url":"\/54.1-413\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-413\/","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/2\/54.1-413","dublin_core":{"Title":"Examination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-413","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>At least once each year the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall arrange for the National Council for <span class=\"dictionary\">Interior Design<\/span> Qualification examination or an equivalent examination approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> to be given to qualified applicants for certification as interior designers.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXAMINATION (\u00a7 54.1-413)\n\nAt least once each year the Board shall arrange for the National Council for\nInterior Design Qualification examination or an equivalent examination approved\nby the Board to be given to qualified applicants for certification as interior\ndesigners.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 512; 1991, c. 291.","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"}}