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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 673 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0672\">672<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80312,"section_number":"46.2-499","catch_line":"Driver's license probation","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-499\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79899,"section_number":"46.2-498","catch_line":"Driver improvement clinics; voluntary attendance","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-498\/"},{"id":80312,"section_number":"46.2-499","catch_line":"Driver's license probation","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-499\/"},{"id":57414,"section_number":"46.2-506","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Formal hearings; suspension for excessive point accumulation","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-506\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226313,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68220,"identifier":"46.2-500","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-500","url":"\/46.2-500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-500\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Driver control period","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever an individual is placed on <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Driver improvement clinics; voluntary attendance\" href=\"\/46.2-498\/\">46.2-498<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driver&#039;s license probation\" href=\"\/46.2-499\/\">46.2-499<\/a> or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"(Effective July 1, 2026) Formal hearings; suspension for excessive point accumulation\" href=\"\/46.2-506\/\">46.2-506<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall also place the person on <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> control status for a period of eighteen months following the termination of the probationary period. If the individual commits any violation during the <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> control period for which points are assessed, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall again place the individual on <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> for a period of six months and on <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> control status for an additional period of eighteen months following the probationary period.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDRIVER CONTROL PERIOD (\u00a7 46.2-500)\n\nWhenever an individual is placed on probation pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-498,\n46.2-499 or \u00a7 46.2-506, the Commissioner shall also place the person on driver\ncontrol status for a period of eighteen months following the termination of the\nprobationary period. If the individual commits any violation during the driver\ncontrol period for which points are assessed, the Commissioner shall again place\nthe individual on probation for a period of six months and on driver control\nstatus for an additional period of eighteen months following the probationary\nperiod.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 673, \u00a7 46.1-514.13:1; 1989, c. 727; 1995, c. 672.","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}}