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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85829</law_id><section_number>46.2-490.8</section_number><catch_line>Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses of clinics and clinic instructors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of Drivers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="19">Driver Improvement Program</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">clinic</span> or <span class="dictionary">instructor</span> license may be denied, suspended, or revoked on any one or more of the following grounds:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Material</span> misstatement or omission in an application for a <span class="dictionary">driver improvement clinic</span> license or a <span class="dictionary">driver improvement clinic</span> <span class="dictionary">instructor</span> license; <a id="paragraph-307384" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Failure to comply subsequent to receipt of a written warning from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> for any willful failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> under this chapter; or any criteria established by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> pursuant to this chapter; <a id="paragraph-307385" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Defrauding any student in a <span class="dictionary">driver improvement clinic</span>, or any other person in the conduct of a <span class="dictionary">driver improvement clinic</span>&#x2019;s business; <a id="paragraph-307386" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Employment of fraudulent devices, methods or practices in connection with compliance with the requirements under the <span class="dictionary">statutes</span> of the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-307387" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Having used deceptive acts or practices; <a id="paragraph-307388" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Knowingly advertising by any means any assertion, representation, or statement of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> which is untrue, misleading, or deceptive in any particular relating to the conduct of a clinic; <a id="paragraph-307389" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Having been convicted of any fraudulent act in connection with a <span class="dictionary">driver improvement clinic</span> or driver training school, or any consumer-related <span class="dictionary">fraud</span>; <a id="paragraph-307390" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Having been convicted of any criminal act involving the operation of a <span class="dictionary">driver improvement clinic</span> or driver training school; <a id="paragraph-307391" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Having been convicted of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span>; <a id="paragraph-307392" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> Failing or refusing to pay civil penalties imposed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Civil penalties" href="/46.2-490.6/">46.2-490.6</a>. <a id="paragraph-307393" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.8/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, c. 622.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
