Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 3.2 > Subtitle III > Chapter 36 - Fertilizer

• Agency contract: means an agreement in which a student-athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student-athlete a professional sports services contract or endorsement contract. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Amateur: means an individual who has never participated in a boxing, martial arts, or professional wrestling event for money, compensation, or reward other than a suitably inscribed memento. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Athlete agent: means an individual, whether or not registered under this chapter, who (i) directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract or, for compensation, procures employment or offers, promises, attempts, or negotiates to obtain employment for a student-athlete as a professional athlete or member of a professional sports team or organization; (ii) for compensation or in anticipation of compensation related to a student-athlete's participation in athletics (a) serves the student-athlete in an advisory capacity on a matter related to finances, business pursuits, or career management decisions, unless the individual is an employee of an educational institution acting exclusively as an employee of the institution for the benefit of the institution, or (b) manages the business affairs of the student-athlete by providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts, or taxes; (iii) in anticipation of representing a student-athlete for a purpose related to the student-athlete's participation in athletics (a) gives consideration to the student-athlete or another person, (b) serves the student-athlete in an advisory capacity on a matter related to finances, business pursuits, or career management decisions, or (c) manages the business affairs of the student-athlete by providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts, or taxes; or (iv) represents a student-athlete in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness, including negotiating, securing, obtaining, arranging, and managing name, image, or likeness opportunities. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Athletic director: means the individual responsible for administering the overall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educational institution has separately administered athletic programs for male students and female students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program for females, as appropriate. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.
• Auction: means the sale of goods or real estate by means of exchanges between an auctioneer and members of his audience, the exchanges consisting of a series of invitations for offers made by the auctioneer, offers made by members of the audience, and acceptance by the auctioneer of the highest or most favorable offer. See Virginia Code 54.1-600
• Auctioneer: means any person who conducts or offers to conduct an auction. See Virginia Code 54.1-600
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Barber: means any person who shaves, shapes or trims the beard; cuts, singes, or dyes the hair or applies lotions thereto; applies, treats or massages the face, neck or scalp with oils, creams, lotions, cosmetics, antiseptics, powders, clays or other preparations in connection with shaving, cutting or trimming the hair or beard, and practices barbering for compensation and when such services are not performed for the treatment of disease. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Barbering: means any one or any combination of the following acts, when done on the human body for compensation and not for the treatment of disease, shaving, shaping and trimming the beard; cutting, singeing, or dyeing the hair or applying lotions thereto; applications, treatment or massages of the face, neck or scalp with oils, creams, lotions, cosmetics, antiseptics, powders, clays, or other preparations in connection with shaving, cutting or trimming the hair or a beard. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Barbershop: means any establishment or place of business within which the practice of barbering is engaged in or carried on by one or more barbers. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Board: means the Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Board: means the Auctioneers Board. See Virginia Code 54.1-600
• Board: means the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Body-piercer: means any person who for remuneration penetrates the skin of a person to make a hole, mark, or scar, generally permanent in nature. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Body-piercing: means the act of penetrating the skin of a person to make a hole, mark, or scar, generally permanent in nature. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Body-piercing salon: means any place in which a fee is charged for the act of penetrating the skin of a person to make a hole, mark, or scar, generally permanent in nature. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Boxer: means a person competing in the sport of boxing. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Boxing: means the contact sport of attack or defense using fists. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Cable television system: means any facility consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated equipment designed to provide video programming to multiple subscribers when subscriber interaction is required to select a specific video program for an access fee established by the cable television system for that specific video program. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Certification: 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Certified escort vehicle driver: means a person 18 years of age or older who holds a valid driver's license and a valid escort vehicle driver certificate issued (i) by the Commonwealth or (ii) by a state whose escort vehicle driver certification program has been determined to be substantially similar to the Commonwealth's and to which the Commonwealth has extended reciprocity. See Virginia Code 46.2-2900
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Contractor: means any person who has been recognized by the Director, through a contract pursuant to § 54. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Cosmetologist: means any person who administers cosmetic treatments; manicures or pedicures the nails of any person; arranges, dresses, curls, waves, cuts, shapes, singes, waxes, tweezes, shaves, bleaches, colors, relaxes, straightens, or performs similar work, upon human hair, or a wig or hairpiece, by any means, including hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances unless such acts as adjusting, combing, or brushing prestyled wigs or hairpieces do not alter the prestyled nature of the wig or hairpiece, and practices cosmetology for compensation. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Cosmetology: includes , but is not limited to, the following practices: administering cosmetic treatments; manicuring or pedicuring the nails of any person; arranging, dressing, curling, waving, cutting, shaping, singeing, waxing, tweezing, shaving, bleaching, coloring, relaxing, straightening, or similar work, upon human hair, or a wig or hairpiece, by any means, including hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances, but shall not include hair braiding upon human hair, or a wig or hairpiece, or such acts as adjusting, combing, or brushing prestyled wigs or hairpieces when such acts do not alter the prestyled nature of the wig or hairpiece. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Cosmetology salon: means any commercial establishment, residence, vehicle or other establishment, place or event wherein cosmetology is offered or practiced on a regular basis for compensation and may include the training of apprentices under regulations of the Board. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Department: means the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation or its successor. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. See Virginia Code 54.1-600
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Educational institution: means a public or private (i) elementary school, (ii) secondary school, (iii) technical or vocational school, (iv) community college, or (v) institution of higher education. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Endorsement contract: means an agreement under which a student-athlete is employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party any value that the student-athlete may have because of publicity, reputation, following, or fame obtained because of athletic ability or performance. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• enrolls: means registered for courses and attending athletic practice or class. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Escort vehicle driver certificate: means a credential issued under the laws of the Commonwealth or other state authorizing the holder to escort a permitted vehicle or vehicles. See Virginia Code 46.2-2900
• Esthetician: means a person who engages in the practice of esthetics for compensation. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Esthetics: includes , but is not limited to, the following practices of administering cosmetic treatments to enhance or improve the appearance of the skin: cleansing, toning, performing effleurage or other related movements, stimulating, exfoliating, or performing any other similar procedure on the skin of the human body or scalp by means of cosmetic preparations, treatments, or any nonlaser device, whether by electrical, mechanical, or manual means, for care of the skin; applying make-up or eyelashes to any person, tinting or perming eyelashes and eyebrows, and lightening hair on the body except the scalp; and removing unwanted hair from the body of any person by the use of any nonlaser device, by tweezing, or by use of chemical or mechanical means. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Esthetics spa: means any commercial establishment, residence, vehicle, or other establishment, place, or event wherein esthetics is offered or practiced on a regular basis for compensation under regulations of the Board. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Event: means any boxing, martial arts, or professional wrestling show that includes one or more bouts, contests, or matches. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Exhibition: means any occurrence in which boxers or martial artists show or display skills without striving to win. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Goods: means any chattels, merchandise, real or personal property, or commodities of any form or type which may be lawfully kept or offered for sale. See Virginia Code 54.1-600
• Inspection: 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Intercollegiate sport: means a sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student-athlete are established by a national association that promotes or regulates collegiate athletics. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Licensure: 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Martial artist: means a person competing in the sport of martial arts. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Master esthetician: means a licensed esthetician who, in addition to the practice of esthetics, offers to the public for compensation, without the use of laser technology, lymphatic drainage, chemical exfoliation, or microdermabrasion, and who has met such additional requirements as determined by the Board to practice lymphatic drainage, chemical exfoliation with products other than Schedules II through VI controlled substances as defined in the Drug Control Act (§ 54. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Matchmaker: means any person who proposes, selects, arranges for, or in any manner procures specific individuals to be contestants in an event. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Mixed fertilizer: means a fertilizer containing any combination or mixture of fertilizer materials. See Virginia Code 3.2-3600
• Nail care: means manicuring or pedicuring natural nails or performing artificial nail services. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Nail salon: means any commercial establishment, residence, vehicle or other establishment, place or event wherein nail care is offered or practiced on a regular basis for compensation and may include the training of apprentices under regulations of the Board. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Nail technician: means any person who for compensation manicures or pedicures natural nails, or who performs artificial nail services for compensation, or any combination thereof. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Permitted vehicle or vehicles: means any vehicle being operated under the provisions of a valid highway hauling permit issued pursuant to § 46. See Virginia Code 46.2-2900
• Person: means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality or other legal entity. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Person: means any natural person, association, partnership, or corporation, and the officers, directors, and employees of a corporation. See Virginia Code 54.1-600
• Person: means a natural person, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association or any other entity. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Professional: means a person who participates or has ever participated for money, compensation, or reward other than a suitably inscribed memento in any boxing, martial arts, or professional wrestling event. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Professional wrestler: means any professional participating in professional wrestling. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Professional wrestling: means an event in which contestants incorporate the sport of wrestling into choreographed performances. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Promoter: means any person who undertakes to promote an event or exhibition. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Recruit or solicit: means an attempt to influence the choice of an athlete agent by a student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the student-athlete. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Registration: 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Registration: means registration as an athlete agent. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Regulant: means any person required by this chapter to obtain a prior authorization from the Department. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Regulatory board: 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-300
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Sanctioning organization: means an entity approved by the Director pursuant to § 54. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, (i) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol or (ii) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Student-athlete: means an individual who is eligible to attend an educational institution and engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in any interscholastic or intercollegiate sport. See Virginia Code 54.1-526
• Tattoo parlor: means any place in which tattooing is offered or practiced. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Tattooer: means any person who for remuneration practices tattooing. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Tattooing: means the placing of designs, letters, scrolls, figures, symbols or any other marks upon or under the skin of any person with ink or any other substance, resulting in the permanent coloration of the skin, including permanent make-up or permanent jewelry, by the aid of needles or any other instrument designed to touch or puncture the skin. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Vehicle: means every device in, on or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except personal delivery devices and devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Virginia Code 46.2-100
• Wax technician: means any person licensed by the Board who removes hair from the hair follicle using a physical (wax) depilatory or by tweezing. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Waxing: means the temporary removal of superfluous hair from the hair follicle on any area of the human body through the use of a physical (wax) depilatory or by tweezing. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Waxing salon: means any commercial establishment, residence, vehicle or other establishment, place or event wherein waxing is offered or practiced on a regular basis for compensation and may include the training of apprentices under regulations of the Board. See Virginia Code 54.1-700
• Wrestler: means any person competing or participating as an opponent in wrestling. See Virginia Code 54.1-828
• Wrestling: means any of several styles of physical competition in which individuals attempt to subdue or unbalance an opponent, including Greco-Roman, freestyle, grappling, or submission, usually practiced as a sport. See Virginia Code 54.1-828