                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE TECHNICIANS (§ 3.2-5707)

A. A person shall not be certified as a service technician unless the service
technician is employed by a registered service agency. Every service technician
shall obtain certification by the Commissioner before operating in the
Commonwealth and shall renew the certification annually. The application for
certification as a service technician or renewal shall be made in writing on a
form approved by the Commissioner.

B. Each application for certification or renewal thereof shall contain:

   1. The full name of the applicant;

   2. The name of the service agency employing the applicant;

   3. The principal business address of the service agency that employs the
   service technician;

   4. Presentation of valid proof of completion of a course of training related
   to weights and measures offered by the Commissioner or, in the absence of a
   training course offered by the Commissioner, a training course approved by the
   Commissioner. Except as otherwise provided by regulation, proof of completion
   of a course of training shall be valid for a period of three years. The
   Commissioner shall not require each application for renewal of a service
   technician certification to contain a valid proof of completion of a course of
   training related to weights and measures unless such course is offered by the
   Commissioner in an electronic format that is available to the applicant
   online. The Commissioner shall not charge a fee to enroll in the
   Commissioner&#8217;s course of training related to weights and measures
   required for renewal of a service technician certification;

   5. The fee required by &#xA7; 3.2-5708; and

   6. A declaration by the applicant that the applicant has the authority to be
   lawfully employed in the United States.

C. The Commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke any certification or renewal if
the application for certification is incomplete, false, or fraudulent. It shall
be a violation of this chapter for a person to submit to the Commissioner an
application for certification or renewal that he knows to be false or
fraudulent.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 242, § 3.1-969.8; 2008, c. 860; 2016, c. 168.