                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLAWFUL PROCUREMENT OF CERTIFICATE, LICENSE OR PERMIT; UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION
OF EXAMINATION OR ANSWERS; PENALTY (§ 54.1-102)

A. It shall be unlawful:

   1. For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft,
   fraud or other illegal means, a certificate, license or permit, from any state
   board, or other body charged by law with the responsibility of examining
   persons desiring to engage in a regulated business or profession;

   2. For any person, other than a member or officer of the board or body, to
   procure or have in his possession prior to the beginning of an examination,
   without written authority of a member or officer of the board or body, any
   question intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination,
   or to receive or furnish to any person taking the examination, prior to or
   during the examination, any written or printed material purporting to be
   answers to, or aid in answering such questions;

   3. For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, fraud or other illegal
   means, any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the
   examination, or the answers to the questions;

   4. For any person to use, disclose or release any questions intended to be
   used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to release the
   answers to the questions, beyond the scope specifically authorized by the
   board or body; or

   5. To promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having
   access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to
   the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or
   answers.
   				If an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall
   be deemed an examination for the purposes of this section.

B. Any person violating the provisions of subsection A shall be guilty of a
Class 2 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 54-1.1, 54-1.2; 1988, c. 765; 2012, c. 416.