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HOUSE BILL NO. 1850 Offered January 12, 2005 Prefiled January 6, 2005 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-308.2, relating to the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; availability of examinations in languages other than English. ---------- Patrons-- Eisenberg and Plum ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-308.2 as follows:

§ 54.1-308.2. Additional powers and duties of regulatory boards within the Department.

In addition to the powers and duties conferred by § 54.1-201, the regulatory boards within the Department that are authorized to conduct examinations of applicants for admission to practice or pursue any profession, vocation, trade, calling, or art regulated by the Department shall make available, upon the request of any such applicant, an examination that has been translated into Spanish. Such regulatory boards may translate examinations into  other languages as the respective board deems appropriate.