Virginia § 46.2-490.8 - Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses of clinics and clinic instructors

Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 46.2-490.8 — Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses of clinics and clinic instructors, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 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:

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.

Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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