§ 54.1-2929 Licenses required.
§ 54.1-2930 Requirements for licensure.
§ 54.1-2931 Examinations; passing grade.
§ 54.1-2932 Issuance of licenses to practice.
§ 54.1-2933 Repealed.
§ 54.1-2933.1 Temporary licensure of certain foreign graduates.
§ 54.1-2934 Evidence of right to practice required of certain foreign graduates.
§ 54.1-2935 Repealed.
§ 54.1-2936 Limited licenses to certain graduates of foreign medical schools.
§ 54.1-2937 Temporary licenses to interns and residents in hospitals and other organizations.
§ 54.1-2937.1 Retiree license.
§ 54.1-2938 Repealed.
§ 54.1-2939 Surgery by podiatrists on patients under general anesthesia limited.
§ 54.1-2940 Repealed.
§ 54.1-2941 Contracts of practitioners with approved colleges and certain state agencies not prohibited.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 54.1 > Subtitle III > Chapter 29 > Article 3 - Licensure of Physicians of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine, Chiropractors, and Podiatrists.

  • Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Board: means the Board of Medicine. See Virginia Code 54.1-2900
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Consultation: means communicating data and information, exchanging clinical observations and assessments, accessing and assessing additional resources and expertise, problem-solving, and arranging for referrals, testing, or studies. See Virginia Code 54.1-2900
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Healing arts: means the arts and sciences dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure or alleviation of human physical or mental ailments, conditions, diseases, pain or infirmities. See Virginia Code 54.1-2900
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Person: shall include individuals, a trust, an estate, a partnership, an association, an order, a corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity;

    6. See Virginia Code 8.01-2

  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255