Virginia § 54.1-2913.1 - Acceptance of other examinations
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 54.1-2913.1 — Acceptance of other examinations, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54.1-2913.1. Acceptance of other examinations
The Board shall promulgate regulations governing examinations for each branch of the healing arts. In lieu of any or all parts of the examinations prescribed by the Board for a license to practice medicine, osteopathy, podiatry or chiropractic, the Board may:
1. Accept a certificate issued by either the National Board for the appropriate branch of the healing arts or a state board prior to 1970 attesting the satisfactory completion of an examination given by that board if, in the opinion of the Board, the substituted examination material is substantially equivalent to the material for which it is substituted, and the passing grades are in each instance the equivalent of the grades required to be made on the corresponding examinations administered by the Board.
2. Accept a certificate issued by a state board during or after 1970 attesting to the applicant's satisfactory completion of all requirements to practice medicine, osteopathy, podiatry or chiropractic in that state, if the applicant has a current and unrestricted license to practice in another state and a current specialty certificate acceptable to the Board.
1989, c. 45; 2013, c. 144.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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