Virginia Law

A. Electronic delivery of accredited lead refresher training courses is permitted, provided the following requirements are met:

1. Courses delivered electronically must be approved by the board in accordance with this chapter. A pre-existing approval for an in-person, classroom-based refresher course does not extend to approval of the electronic course.

2. The training provider must have a system in place to authenticate each participant's identity and the participant's eligibility to enroll in the course.

3. A unique identifier must be assigned to each participant to be used to launch and re-launch the course. This identifier may be used throughout the course if deemed necessary by the instructor.

4. Each participant must be logged into the course and participating for the full length of time required for each course discipline. The training provider must track each participant's course logins, launches, progress, and completion. The training provider must maintain a record of this information in accordance with the applicable recordkeeping requirements of this chapter.

5. The course must include knowledge checks throughout the entirety of the course. The knowledge checks must be successfully completed before the participant moves on to the next module.

6. Course instructors must be available to answer questions or offer technical discussion by way of online discussion or message boards or a telephone number during the training period.

7. There must be a test of at least 20 questions at the end of the course, of which 80% must be answered correctly for successful completion of the course. The test must be designed so that the participant does not receive feedback on answers until after the test has been submitted.

8. Each participant must be provided with a completion certificate that may be saved and printed. The completion certificate must specifically mention that the course was taken online. The certificate must not be susceptible to editing. The certificate must contain all information required by this chapter.

9. Course notifications and participant lists provided to the board must indicate whether the course is conducted electronically.

B. Electronic courses must meet all other requirements for refresher courses as established in this chapter.

C. For auditing purposes, the board must have unrestricted access to the electronic course at any time during which the course is conducted.

D. For purposes of this section, electronic delivery includes real-time virtual training and asynchronous delivery of training courses.