                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLICENSED ACTIVITY PROHIBITED; PENALTY (§ 9.1-149)

A. No person:

   1. Required to possess a registration under subsection C of &#xA7; 9.1-139
   shall be employed by a private security services business, except as provided
   in this article, as armored car personnel, courier, armed security officer,
   security canine handler, personal protection specialist, private investigator,
   alarm respondent, central station dispatcher, electronic security sales
   representative or electronic security technician without possessing a valid
   registration.

   2. Licensed or required to be licensed under subsection A of &#xA7; 9.1-139
   shall employ or otherwise utilize, except as provided in this article, as
   armored car personnel, courier, armed security officer, security canine
   handler, personal protection specialist, private investigator, alarm
   respondent, central station dispatcher, electronic security sales
   representative or electronic security technician, any person not possessing a
   valid registration.

   3. Required to possess an instructor certification under subsection D of
   &#xA7; 9.1-139 shall provide mandated instruction, except as provided in
   &#xA7; 9.1-141 and Board regulations, without possessing a valid private
   security instructor certification.

   4. Certified or required to be certified as a private security services
   training school under subsection B of &#xA7; 9.1-139 shall employ or otherwise
   utilize, except as provided in &#xA7; 9.1-141 and Board regulations, as a
   private security instructor, any person not possessing a valid instructor
   certification.

B. No compliance agent employed or otherwise utilized by a person licensed or
required to be licensed under subsection A of § 9.1-139 shall:

   1. Employ or otherwise utilize as an unarmed security officer, except as
   provided in this article, any individual for whom the compliance agent does
   not possess documentary evidence of compliance with, or exemption from, the
   compulsory minimum training standards established by the Board for unarmed
   security officers and before January 1, 2003, maintain documentary evidence
   that an investigation to determine suitability has been conducted.

   2. Employ or otherwise utilize as an electronic security technician&#8217;s
   assistant, except as provided in this article, any individual for whom the
   compliance agent does not possess documentary evidence of compliance with, or
   exemption from, the compulsory minimum training standards established by the
   Board for electronic security technician&#8217;s assistants.

C. Any person convicted of a violation of subsections A or B shall be guilty of
a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1976, c. 737, § 54-729.34; 1980, c. 425, § 54.1-1908; 1988, cc. 48,
765; 1992, c. 578, § 9-183.9; 1994, cc. 45, 810; 1995, c. 79; 1998, cc. 122,
807; 2001, c. 844; 2002, cc. 578, 597.