Action | Amend regulations to license onsite sewage system professionals. |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 3/6/2009 |
If the evaluator or installer are in good standing when they apply then any previous "disciplinary action" done years before, particularly for a misdemeanor, should not prevent an applicant from obtaining a license. It should not need board action approval.
H. Each applicant shall not have been convicted or found guilty, regardless of the manner of adjudication, in any jurisdiction of the United States of any misdemeanor involving lying, cheating, or stealing; of any misdemeanor directly related to the practice of a waterworks operator, a wastewater works operator, an onsite soil evaluator, an onsite sewage system operator, or an onsite sewage system installer; or of any felony, there being no appeal pending therefrom or the time for appeal having elapsed. Any plea of nolo contendere shall be considered a conviction for the purposes of this subdivision. The record of conviction, authenticated in such form as to be admissible in evidence under the laws of the jurisdiction where convicted, shall be admissible as prima facie evidence of such conviction or guilt. Review of prior criminal convictions shall be subject to the provisions of § 54.1-204 of the Code of Virginia