{"data":{"id":"us-va/18vac80-20-140","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"18VAC80-20-140","heading":"Reinstatement required","body":"A. If a licensee fails to meet the requirements for renewal and submit the renewal fee within 30 days after the expiration date on the license, the licensee must apply for reinstatement on a form provided by the board.\n\n1. Applicants for reinstatement must submit the required fee referenced in 18VAC80-20-70.\n\n2. Two years after the expiration date on the license, reinstatement is no longer possible. To resume practice as a hearing aid specialist, the former licensee must apply as a new applicant for licensure, meeting all educational, examination, and experience requirements as listed in the regulations current at the time of reapplication.\n\nB. The board may deny reinstatement of a license for the same reasons as it may refuse initial licensure or discipline a licensee. The licensee is entitled to a review of such action, which will be in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq. of the Code of Virginia).\n\nC. When a license is reinstated, the license will continue to have the same license number and will be assigned an expiration date two years from the previous expiration date of the license, which is the expiration date assigned to all licenses at the time of reinstatement.\n\nD. A licensee who reinstates a license will be regarded as having been continually licensed without interruption. Therefore, the licensee  will remain under the disciplinary authority of the board during the entire period and may be held accountable for activities during this period. Nothing in this chapter will divest the board of authority to discipline a licensee for a violation of the law or regulations during the period of licensure.","path":["Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing","Agency 80. Board For Hearing Aid Specialists And Opticians","Chapter 20. Hearing Aid Specialists Regulations","Part IV. Reinstatement"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title18/agency80/chapter20/section140/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:52:43Z","sha256":"450b23a5ea093be72fc14f93c7e58d90ffc941fe32cda9ea29e1d491dedd51fe","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/18vac80-20-90","next":"us-va/18vac80-20-180"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}