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The Commissioner may for good cause shown, and provided the person provides the Commissioner with satisfactory evidence documenting the need and soonest date of return, extend the time limit otherwise provided for attending such a clinic when the person directed to attend a driver improvement clinic is (i) attending an institution of higher education outside Virginia, and attendance is to coincide with a break in the school year of such institution of higher education, provided that jurisdiction does not offer an approved driver improvement clinic or (ii) in the military or is a military dependent and is stationed outside the United States or outside the Commonwealth in a jurisdiction that does not offer an approved driver improvement clinic.B\n\nThe notice directing any person to attend a driver improvement clinic shall be forwarded by certified mail to the last known address of the person, as shown on the records of the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":271385,"text":"Any notice to attend a driver improvement clinic shall contain:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":271386,"text":"Information on how to schedule a driver improvement clinic.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":271387,"text":"The purpose of the driver improvement clinic, including the consequences of not attending the clinic program.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":271388,"text":"An explanation of the terms of the probationary licensing period.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":271389,"text":"A requirement stating that the clinic must be satisfactorily completed within ninety days from the date of the notice. 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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 3 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>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0385\">385<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":226317,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75540,"identifier":"46.2-501","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-501","url":"\/46.2-501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-501\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/19\/46.2-501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice to attend driver improvement clinic","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any notice to attend a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver improvement clinic<\/span> shall contain: <a id=\"paragraph-271385\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-501\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Information on how to schedule a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver improvement clinic<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-271386\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-501\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The purpose of the <span class=\"dictionary\">driver improvement clinic<\/span>, including the consequences of not attending the clinic program. <a id=\"paragraph-271387\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-501\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> An explanation of the terms of the probationary licensing period. <a id=\"paragraph-271388\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-501\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> A requirement stating that the clinic must be satisfactorily completed within ninety days from the date of the notice. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may for good cause shown, and provided the person provides the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> with satisfactory <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> documenting the need and soonest date of return, extend the time limit otherwise provided for attending such a clinic when the person directed to attend a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver improvement clinic<\/span> is (i) attending an institution of higher education outside Virginia, and attendance is to coincide with a break in the school year of such institution of higher education, provided that <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> does not offer an approved <span class=\"dictionary\">driver improvement clinic<\/span> or (ii) in the military or is a military dependent and is stationed outside the United States or outside the Commonwealth in a <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> that does not offer an approved <span class=\"dictionary\">driver improvement clinic<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-271389\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-501\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The notice directing any person to attend a <span class=\"dictionary\">driver improvement clinic<\/span> shall be forwarded by certified mail to the last known address of the person, as shown on the records of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-271390\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-501\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE TO ATTEND DRIVER IMPROVEMENT CLINIC (\u00a7 46.2-501)\n\nA. Any notice to attend a driver improvement clinic shall contain:\n\n   1. Information on how to schedule a driver improvement clinic.\n\n   2. The purpose of the driver improvement clinic, including the consequences of\n   not attending the clinic program.\n\n   3. An explanation of the terms of the probationary licensing period.\n\n   4. A requirement stating that the clinic must be satisfactorily completed\n   within ninety days from the date of the notice. The Commissioner may for good\n   cause shown, and provided the person provides the Commissioner with\n   satisfactory evidence documenting the need and soonest date of return, extend\n   the time limit otherwise provided for attending such a clinic when the person\n   directed to attend a driver improvement clinic is (i) attending an institution\n   of higher education outside Virginia, and attendance is to coincide with a\n   break in the school year of such institution of higher education, provided\n   that jurisdiction does not offer an approved driver improvement clinic or (ii)\n   in the military or is a military dependent and is stationed outside the United\n   States or outside the Commonwealth in a jurisdiction that does not offer an\n   approved driver improvement clinic.\n\nB. The notice directing any person to attend a driver improvement clinic shall\nbe forwarded by certified mail to the last known address of the person, as shown\non the records of the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 453, \u00a7 46.1-514.14; 1989, c. 727; 1995, c. 672; 2002, c. 385.","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}}