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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83733</law_id><section_number>59.1-293.13</section_number><catch_line>Required education for retail dealers and employees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-293.12</reference><reference>59.1-293.14</reference><reference>59.1-293.15</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="23.2">Retail Tobacco Products and Nicotine Vapor Products Containing Liquid Nicotine</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">retail dealer</span> shall be required to attest that it has conducted education and training for its employees related to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Restrictions on the sale of retail tobacco products to minors; penalties" href="/59.1-293.12/">59.1-293.12</a>; <a id="paragraph-300137" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-293.13/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The prohibitions on the sale of <span class="dictionary">retail tobacco products</span> to persons under age 21 and other restrictions prescribed by &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Age verification requirements" href="/18.2-246.8/">18.2-246.8</a>, <a class="law" title="Shipping requirements" href="/18.2-246.10/">18.2-246.10</a>, and <a class="law" title="Prohibiting sale or distribution, etc. of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by persons under 21 years of age; civil penalties" href="/18.2-371.2/">18.2-371.2</a>; <a id="paragraph-300138" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-293.13/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Forms of identification that are acceptable as proof of age; and <a id="paragraph-300139" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-293.13/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The legal penalties that may be incurred for violation of the provisions of <span class="dictionary">law</span> identified in subdivisions 1 and 2. <a id="paragraph-300140" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-293.13/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2024, cc. 796, 821.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
