                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPROVAL OF ELECTRONIC IDENTITY STANDARDS (§ 2.2-436)

A. The Secretary of Commerce and Trade in consultation with the Secretary of
Administration, shall review and approve or disapprove, upon the recommendation
of the Identity Management Standards Advisory Council pursuant to &#xA7;
2.2-437, guidance documents that adopt (i) nationally recognized technical and
data standards regarding the verification and authentication of identity in
digital and online transactions; (ii) the minimum specifications and standards
that should be included in an identity trust framework, as defined in &#xA7;
59.1-550, so as to warrant liability protection pursuant to the Electronic
Identity Management Act (&#xA7; 59.1-550 et seq.); and (iii) any other related
data standards or specifications concerning reliance by third parties on
identity credentials, as defined in &#xA7; 59.1-550.

B. Final guidance documents approved pursuant to subsection A shall be posted on
the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall and published in the Virginia Register of
Regulations as a general notice. The Secretary of Commerce and Trade shall send
a copy of the final guidance documents to the Joint Commission on Administrative
Rules established pursuant to &#xA7; 30-73.1 at least 90 days prior to the
effective date of such guidance documents. The Secretary of Commerce and Trade
shall also annually file a list of available guidance documents developed
pursuant to this chapter pursuant to &#xA7; 2.2-4103.1 of the Virginia
Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.) and shall send a copy of
such list to the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 482, 483; 2017, c. 488; 2020, c. 738; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.
258.