                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLAWFUL PROCUREMENT OF A LICENSE; PENALTY (§ 9.1-148)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to:

   1. Procure, or assist another to procure, through theft, fraud or other
   illegal means, a registration or license, by giving to, or receiving from, any
   person any information, oral, written or printed, during the administration of
   the examination, which is intended to, or will, assist any person taking the
   examination in passing the examination and obtaining the required registration
   or license;

   2. Attempt to procure, through theft, fraud or other illegal means, any
   questions intended to be used by the Department conducting the examination, or
   the answers to the questions;

   3. 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 of any questions or answers.

B. No person, other than a designee of the Department, shall procure or have in
his possession prior to the beginning of an examination, without written
authority of the Department, any question intended to be used by the Department,
or 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;

C. If an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall be
deemed an examination for the purposes of this section.

D. Any person convicted of a violation of subsections A or B shall be guilty of
a Class 2 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 578, § 9-183.10; 2001, c. 844.