Removing these provisions from the VAC makes sense, not only because they unnecessarily restate something that is plainly already stated within the Virginia Code, as the Agency's NOIRA document explains. But more importantly, the provisions should be removed in light of the recent permanent injunction issued by the Henrico County Circuit Court in Raymond v. Virginia Board of Counseling. The court's order acknowledged the unconstitutionality of Virginia's "conversion therapy" statute and regulations from the standpoint of free speech and religious exercise, and thus permanently enjoined enforcement of them not only for the Raymonds, but for all "similarly situated" individuals. More recently, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision in Chiles v. Salazar. Addressing a virtually identical law in Colorado, the Court held that professionals retain their free speech rights in the context of talk therapy for "conversion therapy" and found that the law was not viewpoint-neutral. The case effectively deemed all such laws unconstitutional. For these reasons, the Department of Health Professions should remove all its regulations related to "conversion therapy."