                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MINIMUM STANDARDS REQUIRED FOR INSPECTION STATIONS; APPOINTMENTS (§ 46.2-1166)

A. The Superintendent shall not designate any person, firm, or corporation as an
official inspection station unless and until such person, firm or corporation
satisfies the Superintendent, under such regulations as the Superintendent shall
prescribe, that such person, firm, or corporation has met and will continue to
meet the following standards:

   1. The station has sufficient mechanical equipment and skilled and competent
   mechanics to make a complete inspection in accordance with the provisions of
   this article;

   2. Adequate means are provided by the station to test the brakes, headlights,
   and steering mechanism of motor vehicles and to ascertain that motor vehicles
   inspected by the station meet the safety standards prescribed by the
   Superintendent under the terms of this title;

   3. The person making the actual inspection or under whose immediate
   supervision such inspection is made shall have at least one year&#8217;s
   practical experience as an automotive mechanic, or has satisfactorily
   completed a training program in automotive mechanics approved by the
   Superintendent of State Police;

   4. No person shall be designated by such station to make such inspections
   unless the person has been approved for that purpose by the Department of
   State Police;

   5. The Superintendent of State Police may, at his discretion, waive the
   experience and training requirements of this section for inspections of
   motorcycles and trailers when, in the Superintendent&#8217;s opinion, the
   person performing such inspections is otherwise qualified to perform such
   inspections; and

   6. The station has garage liability insurance in the amount of at least
   $500,000 with an approved surplus lines carrier or insurance company licensed
   to write such insurance in this Commonwealth, provided this requirement shall
   not apply to inspection stations that inspect only their company-owned or
   leased or government-owned or leased vehicles.

B. Any official inspection station may, at the discretion of the inspection
station, accept vehicles on a first-come, first-served basis or by prescheduled
appointments for the safety inspection of a motor vehicle pursuant to &#xA7;
46.2-1157.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-319; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-320; 1962, c. 246; 1980,
cc. 31, 168; 1989, c. 727; 2004, c. 383; 2005, c. 179; 2017, c. 525; 2018, c.
400.