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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81907</law_id><section_number>54.1-1115.01</section_number><catch_line>Responsibility for contracting with persons lacking the proper credential</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="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11">Contractors</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Regulation of Contractors</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">contractor</span> that directly employs or otherwise <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> with a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who is not credentialed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for work requiring a credential under this chapter shall be solely responsible for any monetary <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> or other <span class="dictionary">sanction</span> resulting from the act of employing or contracting with a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who lacks the proper credential based upon such <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s failure to obtain or maintain the required credential.</p></section></text><history>2017, cc. 132, 135.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
