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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 15. Department of Wildlife Resources
Chapter 410. Watercraft: Boating Safety Education
11/1/2025

4VAC15-410-70. Boating safety education course certificates, recordkeeping, and student records.

A. Upon successful completion of a boating safety education course or proctored equivalency exam, the approved course provider shall provide the student with a course certificate or pocket-size card. At a minimum, such certificate or card shall include the student's name and date of birth, the issuance date, the name of the course, and indication of NASBLA course approval and acceptance by the department.

B. The department shall maintain a database of all students successfully completing the department's classroom-based boating safety education course and all persons successfully completing the equivalency exam. Such database shall include the student's name, address, date of birth, course or equivalency exam completion date, and the specific name of the course.

C. Each approved course provider for boating safety education course shall maintain a database of all students successfully completing such course. The database shall include the student's name, address, date of birth, course completion date, and the specific name of the course. On a schedule and in a manner mutually agreed to through a cooperative agreement, each approved course provider shall provide to the department a copy of the record of those students successfully completing the course. Such record shall include the database information referenced in subsection B of this section. It shall be the responsibility of each approved course provider to ensure that reasonable measures, such as the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security measures, are taken to protect any acquired student data. Further, such data shall not be sold or otherwise used in any way, except for the student's own completion of a boating safety education course and issuance of course completion documents.

Statutory Authority

§§ 29.1-701, 29.1-735, and 29.1-735.2 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2008; amended, Virginia Register Volume 41, Issue 26, eff. September 1, 2025.

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