18VAC125-30-30. Prerequisites to certification.
A. Every applicant for certification by the board shall:
1. Meet the educational requirements prescribed in 18VAC125-30-40;
2. Meet the experience requirements prescribed in 18VAC125-30-50;
3. Submit to the board:
a. A completed application form;
b. Documented evidence of having fulfilled the education, experience, and supervision set forth in 18VAC125-30-40 and 18VAC125-30-50;
c. A current report from the National Practitioner Data Bank; and
d. Verification of any other health or mental health license, certificate, or registration ever held in Virginia or in another jurisdiction. In order to qualify for certification, the applicant shall have no unresolved action against a license, certificate, or registration. The board will consider history of disciplinary action on a case-by-case basis.
B. The board may certify by endorsement an individual who can document current certification as a sex offender treatment provider in good standing obtained by standards substantially equivalent to those outlined in this chapter as verified by an out-of-state certifying agency on a board-approved form.
Statutory Authority
§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3605 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 21, eff. August 6, 1997; amended, Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 13, eff. April 10, 2002; Volume 32, Issue 6, eff. January 15, 2016; Volume 37, Issue 21, eff. July 22, 2021.