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13VAC5-21-41. Certification categories and training requirements.
A. The department maintains a list of all certificates offered
and the list sets out the required training necessary to attend and
complete required to be completed to obtain a each
certificate. Alternatives to the training requirements set out in 13VAC5-21-45
shall be considered for all certificates offered except that no alternative
shall be accepted for the code academy core module.
B. Applicants for certificates shall attend and complete the code academy core module. After the completion of the core module, applicants are required to attend and complete the code academy training as set out in a list maintained by the department, except as provided for in 13VAC5-21-45. All required training must be completed within no more than six years prior to the date the application is submitted and the requirements for training are based on those in effect at the time of application.
13VAC5-21-45. Alternatives to training requirements.
Upon written request, alternative training or a combination of
training, education or experience to satisfy the training requirements of
13VAC5-21-41 may be approved, provided that such alternatives or combinations
are determined to be equivalent to that required. However, as provided in
13VAC5-21-41, no substitutions shall be approved for the code academy core
module. The types of combinations of education and experience may include
military training, college classes, technical schools or long-term work
experiences, except that long-term work experiences shall not be approved as
the sole substitute to satisfy the training requirements. BCAAC may be
consulted with in any such consideration.