Virginia Law

A. A licensee adding or replacing any key individual shall (i) provide notice in a manner prescribed by the Commission within 15 days after the effective date of the key individual's appointment and (ii) cause the new key individual to provide the items required by § 6.2-1932 within 45 days after the effective date.

B. Within 90 days after the date on which the notice provided pursuant to subsection A was determined by the Commission to be complete, the Commission may investigate the key individual and issue a notice of disapproval of a key individual if the competence, experience, character, or integrity of the individual is not in the best interests of the public or the customers of the licensee to permit the individual to be a key individual of such licensee.

C. A notice of disapproval shall contain a statement of the basis for disapproval and shall be sent to the licensee and the disapproved individual. A licensee may appeal a notice of disapproval in accordance with applicable law.

D. If the notice provided pursuant to subsection A is not disapproved within 90 days after the date on which the notice was determined to be complete, the key individual shall be deemed approved.

E. If a multistate licensing process includes a key individual notice review and disapproval process and the licensee avails itself or is otherwise subject to the multistate licensing process, (i) the Commission may accept the determination of a lead investigative state if the Commission finds that the lead investigative state has sufficient staffing, expertise, and minimum standards or (ii) if the Commonwealth is a lead investigative state, the Commission may investigate the key individual using the timeframes established by agreement through the multistate licensing process notwithstanding the timeframes prescribed in subsections B and D.

2025, c. 214.