{"data":{"id":"us-va/18vac85-140-45","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"18VAC85-140-45","heading":"Practice as a student or trainee","body":"A student enrolled in an educational program in polysomnographic technology or a person engaged in a traineeship is not required to hold a license to practice polysomnographic technology, provided that such student or trainee is under the direct supervision of a licensed polysomnographic technologist or a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine.\n\n1. Any student or trainee shall be identified to patients as a student or trainee in polysomnographic technology.\n\n2. A student or trainee is required to have a license to practice after 18 months from the start of the educational program or traineeship or six months from the conclusion of such program or traineeship, whichever is earlier.","path":["Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing","Agency 85. Board of Medicine","Chapter 140. Regulations Governing the Practice of Polysomnographic Technologists","Part II. Requirements for Licensure as a Polysomnographic Technologist"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title18/agency85/chapter140/section45/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:52:49Z","sha256":"8c62cee8e65edb1ce2f49f54a3aad0bff6443616e7b50d1e230d30f245d3ac0e","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/18vac85-140-40","next":"us-va/18vac85-140-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}