{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-490.8","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 46.2-490.8","heading":"Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses of clinics and clinic instructors","body":"A clinic or instructor license may be denied, suspended, or revoked on any one or more of the following grounds:1. Material misstatement or omission in an application for a driver improvement clinic license or a driver improvement clinic instructor license;2. Failure to comply subsequent to receipt of a written warning from the Department for any willful failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated by the Commissioner under this chapter; or any criteria established by the Department pursuant to this chapter;3. Defrauding any student in a driver improvement clinic, or any other person in the conduct of a driver improvement clinic's business;4. Employment of fraudulent devices, methods or practices in connection with compliance with the requirements under the statutes of the Commonwealth;5. Having used deceptive acts or practices;6. Knowingly advertising by any means any assertion, representation, or statement of fact which is untrue, misleading, or deceptive in any particular relating to the conduct of a clinic;7. Having been convicted of any fraudulent act in connection with a driver improvement clinic or driver training school, or any consumer-related fraud;8. Having been convicted of any criminal act involving the operation of a driver improvement clinic or driver training school;9. Having been convicted of a felony;10. Failing or refusing to pay civil penalties imposed by the Department pursuant to § 46.2-490.6.2004, c. 622.","path":["Title 46.2. MOTOR VEHICLES","Subtitle II. TITLING, REGISTRATION AND LICENSURE","Chapter 3. LICENSURE OF DRIVERS","Article 19. DRIVER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/46.2-490.8/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:39Z","sha256":"7d463a026d21f3fdcdf1a6a9afbe856b1dfe791cc0e2ba7897292991f734513f","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-490.7","next":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-490.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}