CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITED ACTS (§ 54.1-1135)

A. Practicing or attempting to practice as a tradesman, liquefied petroleum gas
fitter or natural gas fitter provider in the Commonwealth, except as provided
for in this article, is prohibited and shall constitute the commission of a
Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. No person shall represent himself as a certified backflow prevention device
worker unless he has been certified by the Board. Any person engaging or
offering to engage in backflow prevention device worker activities within the
meaning of this chapter who, through verbal claim, sign, advertisement, or
letterhead, represents himself as a certified backflow prevention device worker
without holding such a certificate from the Board shall be guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.

C. No person shall be entitled to assert the lack of licensure as required by
this article as a defense to any action at law or suit in equity if the party
who seeks to recover from such person gives substantial performance within the
terms of the contract in good faith and without actual knowledge of the
licensure requirements of this article.

D. In any locality which requires state certification to engage in backflow
prevention device worker activities, no person shall be entitled to assert a
lack of certification as a defense to any action at law or suit in equity if the
party who seeks to recover from such person gives substantial performance within
the terms of the contract in good faith and without actual knowledge of the
locality’s certification requirements.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 895; 1996, cc. 934, 1006; 1997, cc. 403, 885; 1999, cc. 343,
833.