                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTRONIC CREDENTIALS (§ 46.2-226)

A. The Department may issue electronic credentials to persons who hold a valid
physical credential that the Department is authorized to issue.

B. If the Department issues electronic credentials, the credentials shall be
issued in addition to, and not instead of, the underlying physical credentials
for which a person is eligible. No electronic credential shall be issued unless
the applicant holds the corresponding physical credential. Such electronic
credentials shall be issued to an electronic credential system.

C. The Department may issue electronic credentials to third-party electronic
credential systems if the Department first enters into an agreement with the
owner of the third-party electronic credential system that sets forth the terms
on which the electronic credentials may be displayed.

D. The Department may enter into agreements with an agency of the Commonwealth,
another state of the United States, or the United States to grant access to the
use of electronic credentials issued by such agency. The provisions of
subsection B shall apply to credentials to which the Department grants such
access unless, as part of the agreement permitting the Department to grant
access, the other agency agrees that the Department may grant access to
electronic credentials to persons not holding a corresponding physical
credential.

HISTORY: 2017, c. 697.