Virginia § 54.1-2408 - Disqualification for license, certificate or registration

Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 54.1-2408 — Disqualification for license, certificate or registration, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 54.1-2408. Disqualification for license, certificate or registration

A board within the Department of Health Professions shall refuse to admit a candidate to any examination and shall refuse to issue a license, certificate or registration to any applicant if the candidate or applicant has had his license, certificate or registration to practice the profession or occupation revoked or suspended for any reason other than nonrenewal by another jurisdiction, and has not had his license, certificate or registration to so practice reinstated by the jurisdiction which revoked or suspended his license, certificate or registration, except as may be necessary to license a nurse eligible for reinstatement in another party state as consistent with the Nurse Licensure Compact.

1993, c. 991; 2010, c. 414; 2014, c. 76.

Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 54.1-2408 ("Disqualification for license, certificate or registration") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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