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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73960</law_id><section_number>46.2-490.9</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful acts; prosecution; proceedings in equity</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any of the following acts: <a id="paragraph-266008" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.9/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Operate as a <span class="dictionary">driver improvement clinic</span> or as an <span class="dictionary">instructor</span> without holding a valid license as required by <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or regulation; <a id="paragraph-266009" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.9/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Make use of any designation provided by <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or regulation to denote a standard of professional or occupational competence without being duly licensed; <a id="paragraph-266010" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.9/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Perform any act or function that is restricted by <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or regulation to persons holding a <span class="dictionary">driver improvement clinic</span> or <span class="dictionary">instructor</span> license, without being duly licensed; <a id="paragraph-266011" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.9/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Materially misrepresenting <span class="dictionary">facts</span> in an application for a license; <a id="paragraph-266012" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.9/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Willfully refusing to furnish the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> information or records required or requested pursuant to <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, regulation, or criteria established by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Establishment of driver improvement clinic program; application fees" href="/46.2-490/">46.2-490</a>. <a id="paragraph-266013" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.9/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition to the provisions of subsection A of this section, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may institute proceedings in <span class="dictionary">equity</span> to enjoin any person from engaging in any unlawful act enumerated in this section. Such proceedings shall be brought in the name of the Commonwealth in the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the city or county in which the unlawful act occurred or in which the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> resides. <a id="paragraph-266014" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.9/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any person who willfully engages in any unlawful act enumerated in this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-266015" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-490.9/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, c. 622.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
