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2016 SESSION
16103389DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 3.2-5703 and 3.2-5707 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.2-5703. Registration of service agency.
A. A service agency shall not operate in the Commonwealth
without first obtaining registration issued annually by the Commissioner. The
application for registration as a service agency or renewal of application
shall be made in writing on a form supplied approved by the Commissioner.
B. Each application for registration or renewal shall contain:
1. The name of the service agency, including any fictitious names under which it intends to operate;
2. The principal business address of the service agency;
3. The name of every person functioning as a service technician in the Commonwealth who is in the employ of the service agency;
4. Documentation of verification pursuant to § 3.2-5706 of the
weights or measures standards and calibrating equipment used or to be used by
the service agency; and
5. The fee required by § 3.2-5704; and
6. Proof of a uniquely identifiable security seal for the service agency.
B. C. The
Commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke
any registration or renewal if the application is incomplete, false, or
fraudulent. It shall be a violation of this chapter for a person to submit to
the Commissioner an application for registration or renewal that he knows to be
false or fraudulent.
§ 3.2-5707. Certification of service technicians.
A. A person shall not be certified as a service technician
unless the service technician is employed by a registered service agency. Every
service technician shall obtain certification by the Commissioner before
operating in the Commonwealth and shall renew the certification annually. The
application for certification as a service technician or renewal shall be made
in writing on a form supplied approved by the Commissioner.
B. Each application for certification or renewal thereof shall contain:
1. The full name of the applicant;
2. The name of the service agency employing the applicant;
3. The principal business address of the service agency that employs the service technician;
4. Presentation of valid proof
of completion of a course of training related to weights and measures offered
by the Commissioner, or in the absence of a training course offered by the
Commissioner, a training course approved by the Commissioner. Except as
otherwise provided by regulation, such
training course proof of completion of a
course of training shall be valid for a period of three
years after the date of taking the course;
5. The fee required by § 3.2-5708; and
6. A declaration by the applicant that the applicant has the authority to be lawfully employed in the United States.
B. C. The
Commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke any certification or renewal if the
application for certification is incomplete, false, or fraudulent. It shall be
a violation of this chapter for a person to submit to the Commissioner an
application for certification or renewal that he knows to be false or
fraudulent.