                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMISSIONER TO ADMINISTER ARTICLE; REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS (§
2.2-2046)

A. The Commissioner, with the advice and guidance of the Council, shall be
responsible for administering the provisions of this article.

B. The Commissioner shall:

   1. Approve, if approval is in the best interests of the apprentice, any
   apprenticeship agreement that meets the standards established under this
   article;

   2. Terminate or cancel any apprenticeship agreement in accordance with the
   provisions of such agreement;

   3. Keep a record of apprenticeship agreements and their disposition;

   4. Issue certificates of completion upon the completion of the apprenticeship;

   5. Initiate deregistration proceedings when an apprenticeship program is not
   conducted, operated, and administered in accordance with the registered
   provisions, except that deregistration proceedings for violation of equal
   opportunity requirements shall be processed in accordance with the provisions
   of the Virginia State Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship;

   6. Establish policies governing the provision of apprenticeship-related
   instruction delivered by state and local public education agencies and provide
   for the administration and supervision of related and supplemental instruction
   for apprentices; and

   7. Perform such other duties as are necessary to carry out the intent of this
   article.

C. Any apprenticeship program designed to prepare individuals to engage in a
career as a tradesman shall be a program of registered apprenticeships that meet
or exceed the U.S. Department of Labor standards for registered apprenticeships,
and such program shall meet or exceed the standards that were in place with the
Apprenticeship Division of the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry as of
January 31, 2023. As used in this subsection, &#8220;tradesman&#8221; means an
individual engaged in the electrical, plumbing and heating, ventilation and air
conditioning, carpentry, pipe fitting, boiler making, iron working, steel
working, painting, or welding profession.

D. No state agency or locality shall sponsor, recognize, or establish any
apprenticeship program designed to prepare individuals to engage in a career as
a tradesman unless such apprenticeship program meets the requirements
established in subsection C.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 624, 625; 2024, c. 507.