Virginia Code 46.2-490.8: Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses of clinics and clinic instructors
A clinic or instructor license may be denied, suspended, or revoked on any one or more of the following grounds:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 46.2-490.8
- clinic: means an individual, partnership or corporation, institution of higher education, or government entity licensed by the Department as prescribed by this chapter for the purpose of instructing persons identified by the Department and the court system as problem drivers; in need of driver improvement education and training; and for drivers interested in improving their own knowledge of highway safety. See Virginia Code 46.2-490.3
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Instructor: means any person, whether acting for himself as operator of a driver training clinic or for such clinic for compensation, who is licensed by the Department as prescribed by this chapter and who teaches, conducts classes, gives demonstrations, or supervises persons undergoing mandatory or voluntary driver improvement training. See Virginia Code 46.2-490.3
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
1. Material misstatement or omission in an application for a driver improvement clinic license or a driver improvement clinic instructor license;
2. Failure to comply subsequent to receipt of a written warning from the Department for any willful failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated by the Commissioner under this chapter; or any criteria established by the Department pursuant to this chapter;
3. Defrauding any student in a driver improvement clinic, or any other person in the conduct of a driver improvement clinic’s business;
4. Employment of fraudulent devices, methods or practices in connection with compliance with the requirements under the statutes of the Commonwealth;
5. Having used deceptive acts or practices;
6. Knowingly advertising by any means any assertion, representation, or statement of fact which is untrue, misleading, or deceptive in any particular relating to the conduct of a clinic;
7. Having been convicted of any fraudulent act in connection with a driver improvement clinic or driver training school, or any consumer-related fraud;
8. Having been convicted of any criminal act involving the operation of a driver improvement clinic or driver training school;
9. Having been convicted of a felony;
10. Failing or refusing to pay civil penalties imposed by the Department pursuant to § 46.2-490.6.
2004, c. 622.