Bill Text: VA SB85 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Central station dispatchers; exempt from training requirement if station has certification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610) [SB85 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-SB85-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 610 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 9.1-140.01, relating to the Department of Criminal Justice Services; private security services businesses; exemption from training for certain central dispatchers. [S 85] Approved April 4, 2014

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 9.1-140.01 as follows:

§9.1-140.01. Exemption from training requirements; central station dispatchers employed by central stations certified by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory.

Central station dispatchers employed by a central station that is certified by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) shall be exempt from the training requirements of this article. For the purposes of this section, "Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory" means the designation given by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to a private sector testing facility that provides product safety testing and certification services.