18VAC41-70-230. Records.
A. Schools shall maintain on the premises of each school and available for inspection by the board or any of its agents the following records for the period of a student's enrollment through five years after the student's completion of the curriculum, termination, or withdrawal:
1. Enrollment application containing the student's signature and a two-inch by two-inch color head and shoulders photograph of the student,
2. Daily record of attendance containing the student's signature,
3. Student clock hours containing the student's signature and method of calculation,
4. Practical performance completion sheets containing the student's signature,
5. Final transcript,
6. Competency examinations used to award credit,
7. Course descriptions, and
8. All other relevant documents that account for a student's accrued clock hours and practical applications.
B. Schools shall produce to the board or any of its agents, within 10 days of the request, any document, book, or record concerning any student, or for which the licensee is required to maintain records, for inspection and copying by the board or its agents. The board may extend such timeframe upon a showing of extenuating circumstances prohibiting delivery within such 10-day period.
C. Schools shall, within 21 days upon receipt of a written request from a student, provide documentation of hours and performances completed by the student as required to be maintained by subsection A of this section.
D. Prior to a school changing ownership or a school closing, the school is required to provide to current students documentation of hours and performances completed.
E. For a period of one year after a school changes ownership, the school shall provide, within 21 days upon receipt of a written request from a student, documentation of hours and performances completed by a current student.
Statutory Authority
§ 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 25, eff. September 20, 2007; amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 8, February 1, 2017.