54.1-102 - Unlawful procurement of certificate, license or permit; unauthorized possession of examination or answers; penalty.
§ 54.1-102. Unlawful procurement of certificate, license or permit;unauthorized possession of examination or answers; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful:
1. For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft,fraud or other illegal means, a certificate, license or permit, from anystate board, or other body charged by law with the responsibility ofexamining persons desiring to engage in a regulated business or profession,by giving to, or receiving from, any person any information, oral, written orprinted, during the administration of the examination, which is intended to,or will, assist any person taking the examination in passing the examinationand obtaining the required certificate, license or permit;
2. For any person, other than a member or officer of the board or body, toprocure or have in his possession prior to the beginning of an examination,without written authority of a member or officer of the board or body, anyquestion intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination,or to receive or furnish to any person taking the examination, prior to orduring the examination, any written or printed material purporting to beanswers to, or aid in answering such questions;
3. For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, fraud or otherillegal means, any questions intended to be used by the board or bodyconducting the examination, or the answers to the questions;
4. To promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person havingaccess to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for deliveryto the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions oranswers.
If an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall bedeemed an examination for the purposes of this section.
B. Any person violating the provisions of subsection A shall be guilty of aClass 2 misdemeanor.
(Code 1950, §§ 54-1.1, 54-1.2; 1988, c. 765.)