9.1-149 - Unlicensed activity prohibited; penalty.
§ 9.1-149. Unlicensed activity prohibited; penalty.
A. No person:
1. Required to possess a registration under subsection C of § 9.1-139 shallbe employed by a private security services business, except as provided inthis article, as armored car personnel, courier, armed security officer,security canine handler, personal protection specialist, privateinvestigator, alarm respondent, central station dispatcher, electronicsecurity sales representative or electronic security technician withoutpossessing a valid registration.
2. Licensed or required to be licensed under subsection A of § 9.1-139 shallemploy or otherwise utilize, except as provided in this article, as armoredcar personnel, courier, armed security officer, security canine handler,personal protection specialist, private investigator, alarm respondent,central station dispatcher, electronic security sales representative orelectronic security technician, any person not possessing a validregistration.
3. Required to possess an instructor certification under subsection D of §9.1-139 shall provide mandated instruction, except as provided in § 9.1-141and Board regulations, without possessing a valid private security instructorcertification.
4. Certified or required to be certified as a private security servicestraining school under subsection B of § 9.1-139 shall employ or otherwiseutilize, except as provided in § 9.1-141 and Board regulations, as a privatesecurity instructor, any person not possessing a valid instructorcertification.
B. No compliance agent employed or otherwise utilized by a person licensed orrequired to be licensed under subsection A of § 9.1-139 shall:
1. Employ or otherwise utilize as an unarmed security officer, except asprovided in this article, any individual for whom the compliance agent doesnot possess documentary evidence of compliance with, or exemption from, thecompulsory minimum training standards established by the Board for unarmedsecurity officers and before January 1, 2003, maintain documentary evidencethat an investigation to determine suitability has been conducted.
2. Employ or otherwise utilize as an electronic security technician'sassistant, except as provided in this article, any individual for whom thecompliance agent does not possess documentary evidence of compliance with, orexemption from, the compulsory minimum training standards established by theBoard for electronic security technician's assistants.
C. Any person convicted of a violation of subsections A or B shall be guiltyof a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(1976, c. 737, § 54-729.34; 1980, c. 425, § 54.1-1908; 1988, cc. 48, 765;1992, c. 578, § 9-183.9; 1994, cc. 45, 810; 1995, c. 79; 1998, cc. 122, 807;2001, c. 844; 2002, cc. 578, 597.)