18VAC130-20-120. Procedures for renewal.
A. The board will send a renewal notice to the licensee and certificate holder. The board will send a renewal notice to the registered firm. Failure to receive the renewal notice does not relieve the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant of the obligation to renew.
B. Prior to the expiration date shown on the license or registration, each licensee, certificate holder, or registrant desiring to renew the license, certificate, or registration must return to the board the appropriate renewal and registry fees as outlined in 18VAC130-20-130.
C. Renewal and reinstatement.
1. The date on which the renewal and registry fees are received by the department or its agent will determine whether the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant is eligible for renewal.
2. If the renewal registry fees are not received by the department or its agent within 30 days of the expiration date, the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant must reinstate the license, certificate, or registration by meeting all requirements listed in 18VAC130-20-110 and pay a reinstatement fee as specified in 18VAC130-20-130.
3. Two years after the expiration date on the license, certificate, or registration, reinstatement is no longer possible. To resume practice, the former licensee, certificate holder, or registrant must reapply for licensure as a new applicant, meeting current education, examination, and experience requirements.
4. When a license is reinstated, the licensee will continue to have the same license number and will be assigned an expiration date two years from the date of the last day of the month of reinstatement.
5. A licensee that reinstates a license will be regarded as having been continuously licensed without interruption. Therefore, a licensee will be subject to the authority of the board for activities performed prior to reinstatement.
6. A licensee that fails to reinstate a license will be regarded as unlicensed from the expiration date of the license forward. Nothing in this chapter divests the board of its authority to discipline a licensee for a violation of the law or regulations during the period of time for which the individual was licensed.
Statutory Authority
§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2013 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR583-01-03 § 3.3, eff. April 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 1995; Volume 14, Issue 10, eff. March 4, 1998; Volume 31, Issue 20, eff. August 1, 2015; Volume 41, Issue 21, eff. September 27, 2025; Volume 42, Issue 9, eff. January 14, 2026.