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Showing: 9 recently enacted state laws mandating a regulatory change for the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.
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Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects, Board for
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Architects; alternative to education requirement for licensure. Chap 534 (2025), Chap 541 (2025)

Barbers and Cosmetology, Board for
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Cosmetology Compact; established. Chap 281 (2024) 6687 / Emergency/NOIRA
Cosmetologist and cosmetology; amending definitions. Chap 102 (2025)
Ear-piercers and ear-piercing salons and schools; licensure by the Board of Barbers and Cosmetology. Chap 308 (2025), Chap 322 (2025)

Contractors, Board for
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Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Fund; claim limits; license threshold amounts. Chap 127 (2025), Chap 133 (2025)

Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of
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Boxing and wrestling events; license requirements for examining physicians. Chap 95 (2025), Chap 111 (2025)

Real Estate Board
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Real Estate Board; regulations related to fees charged to a licensee Chap 122 (2025), Chap 129 (2025)
Real estate brokers and salespersons; duties, licensees engaged by buyers. Chap 479 (2025), Chap 495 (2025)
Real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents; exemptions. Chap 463 (2025), Chap 466 (2025)