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1999 SESSION

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CHAPTER 609 An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-3515 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certification of professional counselors. [H 2442] Approved March 27, 1999

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 54.1-3515 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 54.1-3515. Certification renewal of individuals who became certified under the provisions of § 54.1-3514.

After July 1, 2000 2001, the Board of Licensed Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Substance Abuse Treatment Professionals shall not renew a certificate to any person who became certified under the provisions of § 54.1-3514 without documentation that such person meets the current requirements for certification established by the Board, unless such person provided rehabilitation services for at least two years immediately preceding July 1, 1997, and has done so continuously since that date without interruption and received a passing score on a Board approved examination. The Board of Licensed Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Substance Abuse Treatment Professionals, pursuant to its authority in this section and in § 54.1-3505, shall adopt regulations to implement the 1997 revisions of the law relating to certified rehabilitation providers in 280 days or less of the date of the enactment of such revisions.