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No person shall be allowed to accumulate more than five safe driving points.\n\t\t\tSafe driving points shall be awarded or reductions in premium charges, as set forth in § 38.2-2217, shall be received for the completion of a driver improvement clinic only once within a period of two years from the date a person satisfactorily completes the clinic. Persons shall be eligible to voluntarily attend a driver improvement clinic again for either safe driving points or a reduction in premium charges, whichever was not awarded or received previously, one year from the date of satisfactory completion of a driver improvement clinic in which safe driving points or a reduction in premium charges was received or awarded.D\n\nAny resident or nonresident person holding a valid license to drive a motor vehicle in Virginia, whether or not he has accumulated demerit points, may apply to any business, organization, governmental entity or individual certified by the Department to provide driver improvement clinic instruction for permission to attend a driver improvement clinic on a voluntary basis. Such businesses, organizations, governmental entities or individuals may, when seating space is available, schedule the person to attend a driver improvement clinic.\n\t\t\tPersons who voluntarily attend and satisfactorily complete a driver improvement clinic shall be eligible (i) to have five demerit points subtracted from their total accumulation of demerit points, except in those instances where a person has not accumulated five demerit points, in which case a reduction in demerit points and\/or the award of safe driving points will be made, or (ii) to receive a reduction in premium charges as set forth under § 38.2-2217, either of which, but not both, shall be awarded or received no more than once in a two-year period, as set forth in subsection C of this section. Such persons shall inform the business, organization or individual providing instruction if they are attending to be awarded safe driving points or to receive a reduction in premium charges as set forth under § 38.2-2217.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":286185,"text":"Whenever the driving record of any person who is eighteen years old or older shows an accumulation of at least twelve demerit points based on convictions for traffic offenses committed within a period of twelve consecutive months, or at least eighteen demerit points based on convictions for traffic offenses committed within a period of twenty-four consecutive months, respectively, the Commissioner shall direct the person to attend a driver improvement clinic.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":286186,"text":"Except for those persons whose licenses are subject to the restrictions of § 46.2-334.01, whenever the driving record of a person under the age of eighteen years shows an accumulation of (i) at least nine points based on convictions for traffic offenses committed within a period of twelve consecutive months or (ii) at least twelve points based on convictions for traffic offenses committed within a period of twenty-four consecutive months, the Commissioner shall direct the person to attend a driver improvement clinic and such person shall be subject to probation pursuant to § 46.2-499.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":286187,"text":"Except as provided for in subsection D of this section and in §§ 46.2-334.01 and 46.2-505, every person who attends a driver improvement clinic conducted by the Department or those businesses, organizations, governmental entities or individuals certified by the Department to provide driver improvement clinic instruction and who satisfactorily completes the clinic shall have five demerit points subtracted from his total accumulation of demerit points, except in those instances where a person has not accumulated five demerit points, in which case a reduction in demerit points and\/or the award of safe driving points will be made. No person shall be allowed to accumulate more than five safe driving points.\n\t\t\tSafe driving points shall be awarded or reductions in premium charges, as set forth in § 38.2-2217, shall be received for the completion of a driver improvement clinic only once within a period of two years from the date a person satisfactorily completes the clinic. Persons shall be eligible to voluntarily attend a driver improvement clinic again for either safe driving points or a reduction in premium charges, whichever was not awarded or received previously, one year from the date of satisfactory completion of a driver improvement clinic in which safe driving points or a reduction in premium charges was received or awarded.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":286188,"text":"Any resident or nonresident person holding a valid license to drive a motor vehicle in Virginia, whether or not he has accumulated demerit points, may apply to any business, organization, governmental entity or individual certified by the Department to provide driver improvement clinic instruction for permission to attend a driver improvement clinic on a voluntary basis. Such businesses, organizations, governmental entities or individuals may, when seating space is available, schedule the person to attend a driver improvement clinic.\n\t\t\tPersons who voluntarily attend and satisfactorily complete a driver improvement clinic shall be eligible (i) to have five demerit points subtracted from their total accumulation of demerit points, except in those instances where a person has not accumulated five demerit points, in which case a reduction in demerit points and\/or the award of safe driving points will be made, or (ii) to receive a reduction in premium charges as set forth under § 38.2-2217, either of which, but not both, shall be awarded or received no more than once in a two-year period, as set forth in subsection C of this section. Such persons shall inform the business, organization or individual providing instruction if they are attending to be awarded safe driving points or to receive a reduction in premium charges as set forth under § 38.2-2217.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13891,"edition_id":1,"name":"Driver Improvement Program","identifier":"19","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12772,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:12","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:12","permalink":{"id":226227,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13891,"identifier":"19","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19","url":"\/46.2\/II\/3\/19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12772,"edition_id":1,"name":"Licensure of Drivers","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12771,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225629,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12772,"identifier":"3","token":"46.2\/II\/3","url":"\/46.2\/II\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12771,"edition_id":1,"name":"Titling, Registration and Licensure","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225627,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12771,"identifier":"II","token":"46.2\/II","url":"\/46.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":62223,"structure_id":13891,"section_number":"46.2-489","catch_line":"Regulations; 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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 453 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. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1982, chapter 671; in 1984, chapter 673; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapters 226<\/a> and 672<\/a>; in 1996, chapters 307<\/a> and 1035<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 124<\/a> and 792<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80433,"section_number":"19.2-392.17","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Traffic infractions deemed sealed","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.17\/"},{"id":61788,"section_number":"46.2-334.01","catch_line":"Licenses issued to persons less than 18 years old subject to certain restrictions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-334.01\/"},{"id":76226,"section_number":"46.2-334.02","catch_line":"Licenses issued to persons less than twenty years old subject to certain restrictions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-334.02\/"},{"id":80312,"section_number":"46.2-499","catch_line":"Driver's license probation","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-499\/"},{"id":68220,"section_number":"46.2-500","catch_line":"Driver control period","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-500\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66919,"section_number":"38.2-2217","catch_line":"Reduction in rates for certain persons who attend mature driver motor vehicle crash prevention courses and driver improvement clinics","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2217\/"},{"id":61788,"section_number":"46.2-334.01","catch_line":"Licenses issued to persons less than 18 years old subject to certain restrictions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-334.01\/"},{"id":78073,"section_number":"46.2-505","catch_line":"Court may direct defendant to attend driver improvement clinic","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-505\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226305,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79899,"identifier":"46.2-498","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-498","url":"\/46.2-498\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-498\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-498","dublin_core":{"Title":"Driver improvement clinics; voluntary attendance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-498","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Whenever the driving record of any person who is eighteen years old or older shows an accumulation of at least twelve demerit points based on convictions<\/span> for traffic offenses<\/span> committed within a period of twelve consecutive months, or at least eighteen demerit points based on convictions<\/span> for traffic offenses<\/span> committed within a period of twenty-four consecutive months, respectively, the Commissioner<\/span> shall direct the person to attend a driver improvement clinic<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Except for those persons whose licenses are subject to the restrictions of § 46.2-334.01<\/a>, whenever the driving record of a person under the age of eighteen years shows an accumulation of (i) at least nine points based on convictions<\/span> for traffic offenses<\/span> committed within a period of twelve consecutive months or (ii) at least twelve points based on convictions<\/span> for traffic offenses<\/span> committed within a period of twenty-four consecutive months, the Commissioner<\/span> shall direct the person to attend a driver improvement clinic<\/span> and such person shall be subject to probation<\/span> pursuant to § 46.2-499<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Except as provided for in subsection D of this section and in §§ 46.2-334.01<\/a> and 46.2-505<\/a>, every person who attends a driver improvement clinic<\/span> conducted by the Department<\/span> or those businesses, organizations, governmental entities or individuals certified by the Department<\/span> to provide driver improvement clinic<\/span> instruction and who satisfactorily completes the clinic shall have five demerit points subtracted from his total accumulation of demerit points, except in those instances where a person has not accumulated five demerit points, in which case a reduction in demerit points and\/or the award of safe driving points will be made. No person shall be allowed to accumulate more than five safe driving points.\n\t\t\tSafe driving points shall be awarded or reductions in premium charges, as set forth in § 38.2-2217<\/a>, shall be received for the completion of a driver improvement clinic<\/span> only once within a period of two years from the date a person satisfactorily completes the clinic. Persons shall be eligible to voluntarily attend a driver improvement clinic<\/span> again for either safe driving points or a reduction in premium charges, whichever was not awarded or received previously, one year from the date of satisfactory completion of a driver improvement clinic<\/span> in which safe driving points or a reduction in premium charges was received or awarded. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any resident or nonresident<\/span> person holding a valid license to drive a motor vehicle<\/span> in Virginia, whether or not he has accumulated demerit points, may apply to any business, organization, governmental entity or individual certified by the Department<\/span> to provide driver improvement clinic<\/span> instruction for permission to attend a driver improvement clinic<\/span> on a voluntary basis. Such businesses, organizations, governmental entities or individuals may, when seating space is available, schedule the person to attend a driver improvement clinic<\/span>.\n\t\t\tPersons who voluntarily attend and satisfactorily complete a driver improvement clinic<\/span> shall be eligible (i) to have five demerit points subtracted from their total accumulation of demerit points, except in those instances where a person has not accumulated five demerit points, in which case a reduction in demerit points and\/or the award of safe driving points will be made, or (ii) to receive a reduction in premium charges as set forth under § 38.2-2217<\/a>, either of which, but not both, shall be awarded or received no more than once in a two-year period, as set forth in subsection C of this section. Such persons shall inform the business, organization or individual providing instruction if they are attending to be awarded safe driving points or to receive a reduction in premium charges as set forth under § 38.2-2217<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDRIVER IMPROVEMENT CLINICS; VOLUNTARY ATTENDANCE (\u00a7 46.2-498)\n\nA. Whenever the driving record of any person who is eighteen years old or older\nshows an accumulation of at least twelve demerit points based on convictions for\ntraffic offenses committed within a period of twelve consecutive months, or at\nleast eighteen demerit points based on convictions for traffic offenses\ncommitted within a period of twenty-four consecutive months, respectively, the\nCommissioner shall direct the person to attend a driver improvement clinic.\n\nB. Except for those persons whose licenses are subject to the restrictions of\n§ 46.2-334.01, whenever the driving record of a person under the age of\neighteen years shows an accumulation of (i) at least nine points based on\nconvictions for traffic offenses committed within a period of twelve consecutive\nmonths or (ii) at least twelve points based on convictions for traffic offenses\ncommitted within a period of twenty-four consecutive months, the Commissioner\nshall direct the person to attend a driver improvement clinic and such person\nshall be subject to probation pursuant to § 46.2-499.\n\nC. Except as provided for in subsection D of this section and in §§\n46.2-334.01 and 46.2-505, every person who attends a driver improvement clinic\nconducted by the Department or those businesses, organizations, governmental\nentities or individuals certified by the Department to provide driver\nimprovement clinic instruction and who satisfactorily completes the clinic shall\nhave five demerit points subtracted from his total accumulation of demerit\npoints, except in those instances where a person has not accumulated five\ndemerit points, in which case a reduction in demerit points and\/or the award of\nsafe driving points will be made. No person shall be allowed to accumulate more\nthan five safe driving points.\n\t\t\tSafe driving points shall be awarded or reductions in premium charges, as set\nforth in § 38.2-2217, shall be received for the completion of a driver\nimprovement clinic only once within a period of two years from the date a person\nsatisfactorily completes the clinic. Persons shall be eligible to voluntarily\nattend a driver improvement clinic again for either safe driving points or a\nreduction in premium charges, whichever was not awarded or received previously,\none year from the date of satisfactory completion of a driver improvement clinic\nin which safe driving points or a reduction in premium charges was received or\nawarded.\n\nD. Any resident or nonresident person holding a valid license to drive a motor\nvehicle in Virginia, whether or not he has accumulated demerit points, may apply\nto any business, organization, governmental entity or individual certified by\nthe Department to provide driver improvement clinic instruction for permission\nto attend a driver improvement clinic on a voluntary basis. Such businesses,\norganizations, governmental entities or individuals may, when seating space is\navailable, schedule the person to attend a driver improvement clinic.\n\t\t\tPersons who voluntarily attend and satisfactorily complete a driver\nimprovement clinic shall be eligible (i) to have five demerit points subtracted\nfrom their total accumulation of demerit points, except in those instances where\na person has not accumulated five demerit points, in which case a reduction in\ndemerit points and\/or the award of safe driving points will be made, or (ii) to\nreceive a reduction in premium charges as set forth under § 38.2-2217,\neither of which, but not both, shall be awarded or received no more than once in\na two-year period, as set forth in subsection C of this section. Such persons\nshall inform the business, organization or individual providing instruction if\nthey are attending to be awarded safe driving points or to receive a reduction\nin premium charges as set forth under § 38.2-2217.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 453, \u00a7 46.1-514.12; 1982, c. 671; 1984, c. 673; 1989, c. 727;\n1995, cc. 226, 672; 1996, cc. 307, 1035; 1998, cc. 124, 792.","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}}