Agency 120. Department of Professional And Occupational Regulation
- Preface
VAC AGENCY NO. 120
DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION
AGENCY SUMMARY
Various separate licensing boards, each authorized to regulate the practice of one or more professions or occupations, are placed within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation for administrative purposes. For each regulatory board, the director of the department acts as secretary and administrative officer, maintains all records, collects and accounts for all fees, and enforces all applicable laws and regulations. Code of Virginia, Title 54.1, Chapter 3. See the separate listings for these boards in this title under Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects; Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; Auctioneers; Barbers and Cosmetology; Branch Pilots; Cemetery; Common Interest Community; Contractors; Fair Housing; Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians; Real Estate Appraiser; Real Estate; Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists; Waste Management Facility Operators; and Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals.
Each of these regulatory boards is authorized to (i) establish the qualifications of applicants for certification or licensure; (ii) examine, or cause to be examined, the qualifications of each applicant, including when necessary the preparation, administration and grading of examinations; (iii) certify or license qualified applicants as practitioners; (iv) levy and collect fees; (v) promulgate regulations necessary to ensure continued competency, to prevent deceptive or misleading practices by practitioners, and to effectively administer the regulatory system administered by the board; (vi) ensure that inspections are conducted relating to the practice of each practitioner certified or licensed by the board; (vii) revoke, suspend or fail to renew a certificate or license for just causes as enumerated in regulations of the board; (viii) receive complaints concerning the conduct of any person whose activities are regulated by the board; (ix) provide a respondent in a disciplinary case with notice of his due process rights; and (x) promulgate canons of ethics under which the professional activities of persons regulated shall be conducted. Code of Virginia, Title 54.1, Chapter 2.
In addition to its functions concerned with separate regulatory boards, the department is authorized to make regulations for (i) the registration of athlete agents (Code of Virginia, Title 54.1, Chapter 5.2), (ii) the licensing of boxing, martial arts, or professional wrestling events and those persons involved in such events as a promoter, matchmaker, trainer, boxer, martial artist or wrestler, as well as the authorization of approved sanctioning organizations to oversee amateur martial arts events and their participants (Code of Virginia, Title 54.1, Chapter 8.1); and (iii) the licensing of polygraph examiners and the approval of schools in which courses of instruction in the detection of deception are taught (Code of Virginia, Title 54.1, Chapter 18).
The department operates under the supervision of the Secretary of Labor. Regulations are available from the department's offices at 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23233. Internet address: http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/.
Rev. 8/2025
- Chapter 10
- Public Participation Guidelines [Repealed]Read all
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- Chapter 11
- Public Participation GuidelinesRead all
- Part I
- Purpose and Definitions
- Section 10
- Purpose
- Section 20
- Definitions
- Part II
- Notification of Interested Persons
- Section 30
- Notification List
- Section 40
- Information to Be Sent to Persons on the Notification List
- Part III
- Public Participation Procedures
- Section 50
- Public Comment
- Section 60
- Petition for Rulemaking
- Section 70
- Appointment of Regulatory Advisory Panel
- Section 80
- Appointment of Negotiated Rulemaking Panel
- Section 90
- Meetings
- Section 100
- Public Hearings on Regulations
- Section 110
- Periodic Review of Regulations
- Chapter 20
- Regulations Governing Employment Agencies [Repealed]Read all
- Section 10
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- Chapter 30
- Regulations Governing Polygraph ExaminersRead all
- Part I
- Definitions
- Section 10
- Definitions
- Section 20
- Explanation of Terms
- Section 30
- Advisory Board
- Part II
- Entry Requirements
- Section 40
- Basic Qualifications for Licensure and Registration
- Section 50
- Registration of Polygraph Examiner Interns
- Section 55
- Qualifications for Licensure by Examination
- Section 60
- Qualifications for Licensed Polygraph Examiners to Act As Supervisors of Polygraph Interns
- Section 70
- Procedures for Licensed Polygraph Examiners to Certify the Procedures to Be Used to Supervise an Intern During an Internship
- Section 80
- Qualifications for Licensure by Reciprocity
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- Fees
- Section 110
- Examinations
- Part III
- Renewal
- Section 120
- Renewal Required
- Section 130
- Procedures for Renewal
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- Qualifications for Renewal
- Part IV
- Reinstatement
- Section 170
- Reinstatement Required
- Section 180
- Qualifications for Reinstatement
- Section 190
- Status of a License During the Period Before Reinstatement
- Part V
- Standards of Practice and Conduct
- Section 200
- Polygraph Examination Procedures
- Section 210
- Examination Pretest Procedure
- Section 220
- Examination Standards of Practice
- Section 230
- Records
- Section 240
- Prohibited Acts
- Section 250
- Maintenance of License
- Part VI
- Approval of Polygraphy School
- Section 260
- Approval of Polygraph School Curriculum
- Section 270
- Minimum Requirements for School Curriculum
- Section 280
- Instructor Minimum Requirements
- Section 290
- Amendments and Changes
- Section 300
- Periodic Requalification for Continued Course Approval
- Section 310
- Grounds for Withdrawing Approval from a School
- FORMS
- Forms (18VAC120-30)
- Chapter 40
- Virginia Boxing, Martial Arts, and Professional Wrestling RegulationsRead all
- Part I
- Scope
- Section 10
- Scope
- Section 15
- Applicability
- Part II
- General Provisions
- Section 20
- Definitions
- Section 30
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- Section 40
- License Expiration and Renewal
- Section 50
- Fees
- Section 60
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- Section 70
- Application Requirements
- Part III
- Individual Licensing Standards
- Section 80
- Entry Requirements for Boxer and Martial Artist
- Section 85
- Requirements for Boxer, Martial Artist, or Contestant Prior to an Event or Contest
- Section 90
- Entry Requirements for Wrestler
- Section 100
- Entry Requirements for Manager
- Section 110
- Entry Requirements for Matchmaker
- Section 120
- Entry Requirements for Promoter
- Section 130
- Entry Requirements for Trainer, Second, or Cut Man
- Part IV
- Official Approval and Assignment to Events
- Section 140
- Requirements for Approval to Act As an Event Official
- Section 150
- Requirements for Approval of Ringside Physicians
- Section 160
- Assignment to Event
- Part V
- Duties of Event Officials for Boxing, Kick Boxing and Similar Contests
- Section 170
- Duties of Event Inspectors
- Section 180
- Duties of Locker Room Inspectors
- Section 190
- Duties of Referees
- Section 200
- Duties of Judges
- Section 210
- Duties of Timekeepers
- Section 220
- Duties of Ringside Physicians
- Part VI
- Duties of Officials for Wrestling
- Section 221
- Duties of Event Inspectors
- Section 222
- Duties of Locker Room Inspectors
- Part VII
- Event Licensing and Conduct Standards for Boxing
- Section 230
- Application for a License to Conduct a Boxing Event
- Section 240
- Equipment to Be Provided by Boxing Promoters
- Section 250
- Promoter to Provide Copy of Contract with Boxer at Weigh-In; Penalty for Noncompliance; Contents of Contract
- Section 260
- Equipment to Be Provided by Boxing Seconds
- Section 270
- Equipment to Be Provided by Each Boxer
- Section 280
- Contest Approval; Request for Reconsideration
- Section 290
- Boxing Event Conduct Standards
- Section 295
- Weight Classes and Weigh-Ins and Prefight Meeting
- Section 300
- Access to Boxer's Locker Rooms
- Section 310
- Referee's Instructions to Boxers
- Section 320
- Number and Conduct of Seconds
- Section 330
- Length of Contest and Duration of Round
- Section 340
- Determination of a Knockdown, Counting by Referee During Knockdowns and Knockouts
- Section 342
- Bout Termination, Knockout, Technical Knockout, Medical Suspensions
- Section 350
- Boxing Fouls, Duties of Referee, and Deduction of Points
- Section 360
- Scoring of Boxing Contest, Decisions, and Announcement of Decisions
- Section 370
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- Section 380
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- Section 385
- Rules for Elimination Boxing Contest Only
- Section 390
- Reporting the Results of Boxing Contests
- Section 400
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- Section 410
- Promoter to Allow Access to Event and Event Facilities
- Part VIII
- Event Licensing and Conduct Standards for Kick Boxing and any Similar Contests
- Section 411
- Application for a License to Conduct a Kick Boxing Event or Similar Contest
- Section 411.1
- Equipment to Be Provided by Promoters
- Section 411.2
- Promoter to Provide Copy of Contract with Contestants at Weigh-In; Penalty for Noncompliance; Contents of Contract
- Section 411.3
- Equipment to Be Provided by Seconds
- Section 411.4
- Equipment to Be Provided by Each Contestant
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- Contest Approval; Request for Reconsideration
- Section 411.6
- Event Conduct Standards for Kick Boxing and Other Similar Contests
- Section 411.7
- Weight Classes, Weigh-Ins and Prefight Meeting
- Section 411.8
- Access to Contestant's Locker Rooms
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- Referee's Instructions to Contestants
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- Number and Conduct of Seconds
- Section 411.11
- Length of Contest and Duration of Round
- Section 411.12
- Counting by Referee During Knockdowns and Knockouts, Determination of a Knockdown
- Section 411.13
- Fouls, Duties of the Referee, and Deduction of Points
- Section 411.14
- Scoring of Contest, Decisions and Announcements of Decisions
- Section 411.15
- Promoter to Allow Access to Event and Facilities
- Section 411.16
- Full Contact Rules
- Section 411.17
- International (Low Kick) Rules
- Section 411.18
- Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) Rules
- Section 411.19
- San Shou (Sanda) Rules
- Section 411.20
- Mixed Martial Arts Rules
- Section 411.21
- Rules for Other Contests
- Part IX
- Event Licensing and Conduct Standards for Wrestling
- Section 415
- Application for a License to Conduct a Wrestling Event
- Section 415.1
- Equipment to Be Provided by Wrestling Promoters
- Section 415.2
- Wrestling Event Conduct Standards
- Section 415.3
- Promoter to Allow Access to Event and Facilities
- Part X
- Gate Fees
- Section 420
- Reporting, Verification, and Payment of Gate Fees
- Part XI
- Standards of Conduct and Performance
- Section 430
- Grounds for Disciplinary Action by the Department
- FORMS
- Forms (18VAC120-40)
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