{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-226.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-226.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-226.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-226.html"}],"law_id":67000,"edition_id":1,"section_id":67000,"structure_id":16002,"section_number":"46.2-226","catch_line":"Electronic credentials","history":"2017, c. 697.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Department may issue electronic credentials to persons who hold a valid physical credential that the Department is authorized to issue.B\n\nIf the Department issues electronic credentials, the credentials shall be issued in addition to, and not instead of, the underlying physical credentials for which a person is eligible. No electronic credential shall be issued unless the applicant holds the corresponding physical credential. Such electronic credentials shall be issued to an electronic credential system.C\n\nThe Department may issue electronic credentials to third-party electronic credential systems if the Department first enters into an agreement with the owner of the third-party electronic credential system that sets forth the terms on which the electronic credentials may be displayed.D\n\nThe Department may enter into agreements with an agency of the Commonwealth, another state of the United States, or the United States to grant access to the use of electronic credentials issued by such agency. The provisions of subsection B shall apply to credentials to which the Department grants such access unless, as part of the agreement permitting the Department to grant access, the other agency agrees that the Department may grant access to electronic credentials to persons not holding a corresponding physical credential.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":242854,"text":"The Department may issue electronic credentials to persons who hold a valid physical credential that the Department is authorized to issue.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":242855,"text":"If the Department issues electronic credentials, the credentials shall be issued in addition to, and not instead of, the underlying physical credentials for which a person is eligible. No electronic credential shall be issued unless the applicant holds the corresponding physical credential. 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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 697<\/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":[{"id":76973,"section_number":"46.2-228","catch_line":"Design of electronic credentials","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-228\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":225607,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67000,"identifier":"46.2-226","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/3\/46.2-226","url":"\/46.2-226\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-226\/","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/3\/46.2-226","dublin_core":{"Title":"Electronic credentials","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-226","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may issue<\/span> electronic credentials<\/span> to persons who hold a valid physical credential<\/span> that the Department<\/span> is authorized to issue<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If the Department<\/span> issues<\/span> electronic credentials<\/span>, the credentials shall be issued in addition to, and not instead of, the underlying physical credentials<\/span> for which a person is eligible. No electronic credential shall be issued unless the applicant holds the corresponding physical credential<\/span>. Such electronic credentials<\/span> shall be issued to an electronic credential system<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may issue<\/span> electronic credentials<\/span> to third-party<\/span> electronic credential systems<\/span><\/span> if the Department<\/span> first enters into an agreement with the owner<\/span> of the third-party<\/span> electronic credential system<\/span><\/span> that sets forth the terms on which the electronic credentials<\/span> may be displayed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may enter into agreements with an agency of the Commonwealth, another state of the United States, or the United States to grant access to the use of electronic credentials<\/span> issued by such agency. The provisions of subsection B shall apply to credentials to which the Department<\/span> grants such access unless, as part of the agreement permitting the Department<\/span> to grant access, the other agency agrees that the Department<\/span> may grant access to electronic credentials<\/span> to persons not holding a corresponding physical credential<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTRONIC CREDENTIALS (\u00a7 46.2-226)\n\nA. The Department may issue electronic credentials to persons who hold a valid\nphysical credential that the Department is authorized to issue.\n\nB. If the Department issues electronic credentials, the credentials shall be\nissued in addition to, and not instead of, the underlying physical credentials\nfor which a person is eligible. No electronic credential shall be issued unless\nthe applicant holds the corresponding physical credential. Such electronic\ncredentials shall be issued to an electronic credential system.\n\nC. The Department may issue electronic credentials to third-party electronic\ncredential systems if the Department first enters into an agreement with the\nowner of the third-party electronic credential system that sets forth the terms\non which the electronic credentials may be displayed.\n\nD. The Department may enter into agreements with an agency of the Commonwealth,\nanother state of the United States, or the United States to grant access to the\nuse of electronic credentials issued by such agency. The provisions of\nsubsection B shall apply to credentials to which the Department grants such\naccess unless, as part of the agreement permitting the Department to grant\naccess, the other agency agrees that the Department may grant access to\nelectronic credentials to persons not holding a corresponding physical\ncredential.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 697.","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}}