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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 156<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1372241,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345444,"identifier":"10.1-1150.3","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/6.1\/10.1-1150.3","url":"\/10.1-1150.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1150.3\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/6.1\/10.1-1150.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Voluntary certification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1150.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

To be certified as a prescribed burn manager, a person shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Successfully complete all components of the prescribed burn course developed by the State Forester and pass the examination developed for the course; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Successfully complete a training course comparable to that developed by the State Forester and pass the examination developed for Virginia’s course; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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