CODE OF VIRGINIA (REPEALED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2016) CERTIFICATES GENERALLY (ยง 23-276.14) No person shall open, operate or conduct any postsecondary school in this Commonwealth without a certificate to operate such postsecondary school issued by the Council. The Council shall issue a certificate to those postsecondary schools in compliance with the Council regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.Postsecondary schools shall seek such certification from Council immediately after receipt of a valid business license issued by the relevant official of the locality in which it seeks to operate. HISTORY: 2004, c. 991.