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No violation shall occur if the Center applied to the Department for renewal prior to the expiration date of the license. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0451\">451<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":203385,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68258,"identifier":"32.1-162.15:1.19","token":"32.1\/5\/7.2\/32.1-162.15_1.19","url":"\/32.1-162.15_1.19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-162.15_1.19\/","token":"32.1\/5\/7.2\/32.1-162.15_1.19","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Offenses; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-162.15:1.19","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>, and each officer and each member of the governing <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span> of any association or corporation that operates a <span class=\"dictionary\">Center<\/span>, is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> if he:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Interferes with any representative of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> in the discharge of his duties under this article; <a id=\"paragraph-246980\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-162.15_1.19\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Makes to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> or any representative of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> any report or statement, with respect to the operation of any <span class=\"dictionary\">Center<\/span>, that is known by such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> to be false; <a id=\"paragraph-246981\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-162.15_1.19\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Operates or engages in the conduct of a <span class=\"dictionary\">Center<\/span> without first obtaining a license as required by this article or after such license has been revoked or suspended or has expired and not been renewed. 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Interferes with any representative of the Commissioner in the discharge of\nhis duties under this article;\n\n2. Makes to the Commissioner or any representative of the Commissioner any\nreport or statement, with respect to the operation of any Center, that is known\nby such person to be false;\n\n3. Operates or engages in the conduct of a Center without first obtaining a\nlicense as required by this article or after such license has been revoked or\nsuspended or has expired and not been renewed. No violation shall occur if the\nCenter applied to the Department for renewal prior to the expiration date of the\nlicense. Each day&#8217;s violation of this subdivision shall constitute a\nseparate offense; or\n\n4. Operates or engages in the conduct of a Center serving more persons than the\nmaximum stipulated in the license.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, c. 451.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}