                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-300)

As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Board for Professional and Occupational
Regulation.
		&#8220;Certification&#8221; means the process whereby the Department or any
regulatory board issues a certificate on behalf of the Commonwealth to a person
certifying that he possesses the character and minimum skills to engage properly
in his profession or occupation.
		&#8220;Department&#8221; means the Department of Professional and Occupational
Regulation.
		&#8220;Director&#8221; means the Director of the Department of Professional
and Occupational Regulation.
		&#8220;Inspection&#8221; means a method of regulation whereby a state agency
periodically examines the activities and premises of practitioners of an
occupation or profession to ascertain if the practitioner is carrying out his
profession or occupation in a manner consistent with the public health, safety
and welfare.
		&#8220;Licensure&#8221; means a method of regulation whereby the Commonwealth,
through the issuance of a license, authorizes a person possessing the character
and minimum skills to engage in the practice of a profession or occupation that
is unlawful to practice without a license.
		&#8220;Registration&#8221; means a method of regulation whereby any
practitioner of a profession or occupation may be required to submit information
concerning the location, nature and operation of his practice.
		&#8220;Regulatory board&#8221; means the Auctioneers Board, Board for
Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers
and Landscape Architects, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology, Board for Branch
Pilots, Board for Contractors, Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians,
Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists,
Board for Waste Management Facility Operators, Board for Waterworks and
Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals, Cemetery
Board, Real Estate Appraiser Board, Real Estate Board, Fair Housing Board,
Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, and Common Interest
Community Board.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 408, § 54-1.18; 1980, c. 757; 1981, c. 132; 1982, c. 538;
1983, cc. 115, 322; 1984, cc. 82, 203; 1985, c. 448; 1987, c. 686; 1988, cc.
354, 716, 765; 1990, cc. 459, 466; 1991, c. 551; 1993, c. 499; 1998, c. 27;
1999, c. 950; 2000, c. 726; 2001, cc. 723, 832; 2002, c. 784; 2003, c. 575;
2007, cc. 892, 924; 2009, cc. 358, 557; 2012, cc. 803, 835.