3.2-5707 - Certification of service technicians.
§ 3.2-5707. Certification of service technicians.
A. A person shall not be certified as a service technician unless the servicetechnician is employed by a registered service agency. Every servicetechnician shall obtain certification by the Commissioner before operating inthe Commonwealth and shall renew the certification annually. The applicationfor certification as a service technician or renewal shall be made in writingon a form supplied by the Commissioner. Each application for certification orrenewal 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 theservice technician;
4. Presentation of proof of completion of a course of training related toweights and measures offered by the Commissioner, or in the absence of atraining course offered by the Commissioner, a training course approved bythe Commissioner. Except as otherwise provided by regulation, such trainingcourse shall be valid for a period of three years after the date of takingthe course;
5. The fee required by § 3.2-5708; and
6. A declaration by the applicant that the applicant has the authority to belawfully employed in the United States.
B. The Commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke any certification or renewalif the application for certification is incomplete, false, or fraudulent. Itshall be a violation of this chapter for a person to submit to theCommissioner an application for certification or renewal that he knows to befalse or fraudulent.
(1992, c. 242, § 3.1-969.8; 2008, c. 860.)