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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368465</law_id><section_number>54.1-2957.18</section_number><catch_line>Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="29">Medicine and Other Healing Arts</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="4">Licensure and Certification of Other Practitioners of the Healing Arts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Advisory <span class="dictionary">Board</span> on Behavior Analysis (Advisory <span class="dictionary">Board</span>) shall assist the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in carrying out the provisions of this chapter regarding the qualifications, examination, and regulation of licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts. <a id="paragraph-1372595" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2957.18/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The Advisory <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor for four-year terms as follows: two members shall be, at the time of appointment, licensed behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years; one member shall be, at the time of appointment, a licensed assistant behavior analyst who has practiced for not less than three years; one member shall be a physician licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> who is familiar with the principles of behavior analysis; and one member shall be a consumer of applied behavior analysis who does not hold a license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst who is appointed by the Governor from the Commonwealth at large. Vacancies occurring other than by expiration of terms shall be filled for the unexpired term. <a id="paragraph-1372596" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2957.18/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The Advisory <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall, under the authority of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, recommend to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for its enactment into regulation the criteria for licensure as a behavior analyst or an assistant behavior analyst and the standards of professional conduct for holders of such licenses.
			The Advisory <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall also assist in such other matters relating to behavior analysis as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in its discretion may direct. <a id="paragraph-1372597" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2957.18/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2014, c. 584.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
