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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76077</law_id><section_number>54.1-102</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful procurement of certificate, license or permit; unauthorized possession of examination or answers; penalty</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="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions Relating to Regulatory Boards</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It shall be unlawful: <a id="paragraph-273032" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-102/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft, <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> or other illegal means, a certificate, license or permit, from any state board, or other body charged by <span class="dictionary">law</span> with the responsibility of examining persons desiring to engage in a regulated business or profession; <a id="paragraph-273033" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-102/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> For any person, other than a member or officer of the board or body, to procure or have in his <span class="dictionary">possession</span> prior to the beginning of an examination, without written authority of a member or officer of the board or body, any question intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to receive or furnish to any person taking the examination, prior to or during the examination, any written or printed <span class="dictionary">material</span> purporting to be answers to, or aid in answering such questions; <a id="paragraph-273034" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-102/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> or other illegal means, any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or the answers to the questions; <a id="paragraph-273035" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-102/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> For any person to use, disclose or release any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to release the answers to the questions, beyond the scope specifically authorized by the board or body; or <a id="paragraph-273036" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-102/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> To promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or answers.
				If an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall be deemed an examination for the purposes of this section. <a id="paragraph-273037" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-102/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person violating the provisions of subsection A shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-273038" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-102/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 54-1.1, 54-1.2; 1988, c. 765; 2012, c. 416.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
