                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGULATIONS; SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE; PENALTY FOR VIOLATION (§
54.1-902)

A. The Board is authorized to promulgate regulations necessary for the proper
government and regulation of pilots and to prescribe penalties for the violation
of regulations in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process
Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.). Regulations may include the right to suspend or
revoke the branch of any pilot. Such suspension or revocation may be in addition
to any other penalty imposed by law for the violation.
			Reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the
Administrative Process Act shall be given before the Board shall take any action
to revoke or suspend the license of any licensee.

B. The Board may suspend a license of any person without a hearing,
simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing, if it finds
that there is substantial danger to the public health or safety which warrants
such action. The Board may meet by telephone conference call when summarily
suspending a license, if a good faith effort to assemble a quorum of the Board
has failed and in the judgment of a majority of the members of the Board, the
continued practice of the licensee constitutes a substantial danger to the
public health or safety. Institution of proceeding for a hearing shall be
provided simultaneously with the summary suspension. The hearing shall be
scheduled within a reasonable time of the date of the summary suspension.

C. Before any penalty for violation of the regulations may be imposed, a printed
copy of the regulations shall be furnished to each pilot.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-529; 1988, c. 765; 1989, c. 584.