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V.I. Code tit. 25, § 327 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 15A - Mandatory Motorboat Education and Safety|§ 327. Personal flotation device required

 All vessels must be equipped with U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device. Each PFD must be in good condition, the proper size for the intended wearer, and must be readily accessible. Readily accessible means an individual must be able to put the PFD on in a reasonable amount of time in an emergency. (a) No person may operate a recreational vessel on the waters of the Virgin Islands unless at least one of the following types of personal flotation devices approved by the United States Coast Guard is on board for each individual aboard the vessel. (1) Type I PFD (Offshore Life Jackets); (2) Type II PFD (Near-Shore Vests); or (3) Type III PFD (Flotation Aids). (b) No person may operate a recreational vessel on the waters of the Virgin Islands unless one Type IV PFD, a throwable device, is on board in addition to the total number of PFDs required in subsection (a) of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 328 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 15A - Mandatory Motorboat Education and Safety|§ 328. Mandatory wear of personal flotation devices (PFD) by children

 No person may operate a recreational vessel on the waters of the Virgin Islands with any child under the age of seventeen years, unless each child is wearing an appropriate Type I or Type II personal flotation device as outlined in section 327 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 329 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 15A - Mandatory Motorboat Education and Safety|§ 329. Enforcement

 Every peace officer in the Virgin Islands and such officers and employees of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, as may be designated by the Commissioner, may enforce the provisions of this chapter, and in the exercise this enforcement authority may stop and board any vessel subject to this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 330 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 15A - Mandatory Motorboat Education and Safety|§ 330. Penalties

 (a) Any person who violates any provision of sections 324, 325, 326 or 327, of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of $500 for each violation. (b) Any person who violates any provision of section 328 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of $1,000. (c) In any proceeding for a violation of this chapter, the court may suspend all or part of the fine, if the defendant completes the boating education course approved by this chapter within the time limit imposed by the court. (d) A court may prohibit a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter from operating a motorboat upon the waters of the Virgin Islands until the person successfully completes a course on safe boating approved the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 401 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 16 - Mooring and Anchoring of Vessels and Houseboats|§ 401. Declaration of policy

 It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the orderly, efficient, equitable, safe, and ecologically sound allocation and regulation of moorings, anchorages and unobstructed navigational channels in the territorial waters of the Virgin Islands. The Legislature finds and declares that there exists an exigent need to protect and preserve the natural and historic character of the Territory's harbors, bays, and shoreline areas; improve, protect and maintain water quality for reasonable and beneficial uses; provide for public access, utilization and enjoyment of coastal areas; generate revenue for the improvement and maintenance of harbor and shoreline facilities; encourage water dependent uses; regulate the use of territorial waters to resolve conflicts between competing uses; and authorize the Department of Planning and Natural Resources to administer and enforce provisions relating to the mooring and anchoring of vessels and houseboats and the issuance of permits.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 403 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 16 - Mooring and Anchoring of Vessels and Houseboats|§ 403. Powers of the Commissioner

 (a) The Commissioner is authorized and directed to conduct public hearings and, in accordance with Title 3, section 913, Virgin Islands Code, promulgate rules and regulations, or amend same relative to: (1) reasonable fee schedules for various administrative services, subject to the approval of the Legislature; (2) the mooring and anchoring of vessels and houseboats, as it considers necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter; (3) promoting community participation in decisions affecting the environment, coastal planning, and conservation and development, as these matters relate to the mooring and anchoring of vessels and houseboats in the Territorial waters. (b) The Commissioner is also authorized and directed to conduct public hearings regarding alleged violations of this chapter and any regulations promulgated thereunder, and to assess civil fines in any appropriate sum not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. (c) The Commissioner is also authorized and directed to appoint persons, who are residents of the Virgin Islands, from each of the areas affected, to serve on the Ad-Hoc Community Committee for their respective areas; and to promulgate regulations concerning the tenure, duties and responsibilities thereof, in accordance with this section.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 406 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 16 - Mooring and Anchoring of Vessels and Houseboats|§ 406. Placing of buoyed mooring; unauthorized use; reassignment; identification

 (a) The Department shall designate the placement site for every mooring in the designated mooring areas and shall prescribe standards for the type of ground tackle and the scope ratio to be used by each vessel or houseboat. Until the Department develops an alternative to the existing arrangement, the permittee shall construct the mooring in a seaman-like manner for the vessel and conditions in the bay or harbor. Engine blocks may not be used as ground tackle. The permittee shall place a ground tackle having a free floating buoy on the surface by at least twelve (12) inches with proper identification, including their permittee's number. Ground tackle remains the property of the permittee. All responsibility and liability for the mooring of a vessel or houseboat remains with the permittee. (b) The Department retains the right to reassign mooring or anchoring space, either temporarily or permanently, when in the best interests of the public, including but not limited to, harbor improvements and emergencies, and where more efficient or equitable utilization of mooring areas would result. The permittee shall move in accordance with the reassignment order within 30 days of the date of the order. The Department shall send by mail, to the owner's mailing address, a written notice of the reassignment order requiring a return receipt or, where the owner is a non-resident of the Virgin Islands, to the mailing address of the owner's resident agent. (c) A fine of fifty dollars ($50) per day shall be assessed against the owner of the vessel and against the vessel, jointly and severally, for each and every day beyond the thirty-day period that the vessel and the ground tackle remain in the mooring location. (d) Unauthorized use of a mooring may result in a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) assessed against the vessel's owner and the vessel, jointly and severally.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 407 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 16 - Mooring and Anchoring of Vessels and Houseboats|§ 407. Prohibited activities; unnecessary noise and wakes

 (a) Spear fishing is prohibited in the designated mooring, anchoring and long-term anchoring areas. Other water sports may be permitted by regulation as set forth in section 403 of this chapter. Owners and resident agents shall ensure that their vessels are equipped with engine mufflers to control the noise level in the designated mooring and anchoring areas. No vessel may travel at a rate in excess of six (6) knots in designated mooring and anchoring areas. Excessive wakes by vessels in designated mooring and anchoring areas are prohibited. The owner and/or operator of a vessel is responsible for any violation of this section. (b) Any person in violation of this section may be fined in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for the first offense. Any subsequent violation may be fined in an amount not to exceed $5,000.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 408a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 16 - Mooring and Anchoring of Vessels and Houseboats|§ 408a. Prohibition of houseboats

 Upon the enactment of this chapter, the Department shall not grant or issue any mooring or anchoring permit to the owner or resident agent of a houseboat. Not later than six (6) months after enactment of this chapter and after due notice by the Department, houseboats are prohibited in the mooring and anchoring areas of the territorial waters of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 409 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 16 - Mooring and Anchoring of Vessels and Houseboats|§ 409. Noncompliance

 (a) Failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or any regulation hereunder may result in suspension of the mooring permit and such suspension continues until such time as the permittee is in compliance. The owner or resident agent may appeal and the Commissioner shall grant a review of the suspension order if it is requested in writing within fifteen (15) days of the order. Any decision of the Commissioner may be appealed to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, the appellant shall serve written notice of the appeal with the Office of the Commissioner and the Attorney General. The suspension, unless delayed by the court, shall begin no later than thirty (30) days after the deadline for appeal to the Commissioner has passed by mailing or delivering to the owner or resident agent a copy of said order. After the permit is in fact suspended, the permittee shall immediately vacate the mooring or anchoring area assigned to him by the Department and the Department may assign the mooring to another permittee. Once the permittee is in compliance, the suspension shall be terminated and the mooring permit continues in full force and effect. (b) Any penalty imposed under this chapter is in addition to the suspension of a mooring or anchoring permit as authorized by this chapter, and to any confiscation or forfeiture proceedings authorized under this chapter. (c) Any owner of a sunken or wrecked vessel or houseboat in the designated mooring or anchoring areas who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for damage caused by the vessel or houseboat as well as any other penalty provided by law, and the Department may dispose of the vessel or houseboat of any owner in noncompliance. (d) Failure to comply with the provisions of section 407 of this chapter shall result in a fine not to exceed $1,000 for the first offense and not to exceed $5,000 for each subsequent offense. (e) Failure to move in accordance with a mooring or anchoring reassignment order under this chapter shall result in a fine of $50 per day assessed against the owner of the vessel and against the vessel, jointly and severally, for every day beyond the thirty (30) day grace period that the vessel remains in the mooring or anchoring location in violation of the order. (f) Any owner or resident agent who discharges pollutants of any kind into the shoreline areas or Territorial waters in violation of section 408 of this chapter shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $10,000, except that for the unlawful discharge of oil or other pollutants as defined in Title 12, chapter 17, Virgin Islands Code, violators shall be assessed civil penalties pursuant to the provisions of that chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 410 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 16 - Mooring and Anchoring of Vessels and Houseboats|§ 410. Review

 (a) Any person, against whom the Commissioner has taken action or made a final determination relative to the administration or enforcement of the provisions under this chapter, may file an appeal with the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. Within fifteen (15) days after receipt of a copy of the order or other final determination, or after service of notice thereof, the appellant or his attorney shall serve a notice of appeal on the Commissioner and the Attorney General; provided, that during the fifteen (15) day period, the Court may for good cause shown extend the time for a period not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days. In the notice of appeal, the appellant shall refer to the action of the Commissioner appealed from, and shall specify the grounds of appeal including the points of law and facts which the appellant asserts or questions. The appellant or his attorney shall file with the Clerk of the Court a copy of the original notice of appeal with proof of service within fifteen (15) days of the service of the notice and thereupon the Court shall have jurisdiction of the appeal. The service of the notice of appeal does not act as a stay of enforcement of the Commissioner's final order or final determination unless so ordered by the Court. (b) No bond or deposit for costs is required of the Virgin Islands or Commissioner upon the appeal or other court proceeding pertaining to the matter. (c) Upon appeal, all findings of fact by the Commissioner are considered final and conclusive unless it is shown that the findings were not supported by substantial evidence produced before the Commissioner or his designee at the hearing.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 501 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 17 - Cruise Ships|§ 501. Operation of onboard casinos

 Notwithstanding title 14, chapter 61 and title 32, chapter 21 of this code, cruise ships anchored or docked at the piers in St. Thomas and St. John may operate their onboard casinos after 5 p.m. while in port for use only by their passengers.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 169a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - The Practice of Psychology|§ 169a. Establishment of the Board

 (a) There is established the Board of Psychology Examiners which shall be composed of five members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature. (b) The board is charged with the responsibility of examining, licensing, and regulating the profession of psychology as provided under this chapter. (c) Of the first board appointed under the provisions of this chapter, four shall be residents who are eligible for licensure under this chapter and one of the members shall be a resident of the Virgin Islands. (d) Licensed professional members may be appointed by the Governor from a list submitted to him by the Association of Virgin Islands Psychologists which is a nationally recognized association representing psychologists. (e) On or before two years after December 30, 1994, all members of the Board, with the exception of the resident member shall be licensed under this chapter. The resident member of the board shall be a member of the general public who: (1) is accessible to inquiries, comments and suggestions from the general public; (2) may not be or ever have been a licensed psychology professional or in training to be a licensed psychology professional; (3) may not have a household member or member of his immediate family who is a psychology professional; (4) may not participate or ever have participated in a commercial or professional field related to mental health or psychology; (5) may not have a household member or immediate family member who participated in a commercial or professional field related to psychology; and (6) may not have had within two years before appointment a substantial financial interest in a person regulated by the board. (f) Of the first Board members appointed, three shall be appointed for a term of two years and two for a term of three years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years each, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the remaining term of the Board member to be succeeded. Upon the expiration of the term of office, a board member shall continue to serve until a successor has been appointed and qualified. (g) The Governor may remove a member of the board for neglect of duty, malfeasance, incompetence, misconduct, or conviction of a felony, provided, the procedures for such actions have been fully executed. Board members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for the actual inter-island expenses incurred in the performance of official Board business as provided under Title 3, section 65 of this code.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 169c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - The Practice of Psychology|§ 169c. Application for license; qualifications

 (a) Applications for licensure under this chapter shall be accompanied by satisfactory proof that the applicant: (1) is at least 21 years of age, is of good moral character, has not been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude and not addicted to alcohol or drugs; (2) submits an application on the appropriate form as prescribed by the board; (3) pays a fee as determined by the board; (4) produces certified transcripts verifying satisfactory completion of education course work and/or academic degrees as required in section 169d of this chapter; (5) has declared to the board and agrees to continue to declare areas of professional competence through a Statement of Professional Intent, describing the intended use of the license, the client populations with whom the applicant will work, the professional procedures the applicant plans to utilize, including the applicant's theoretical orientation and preferred intervention strategies; and (6) has validated the competencies declared in the Statement of Professional Intent as well as demonstrated knowledge of psychology by passing a written examination given by the board. (b) In any written examination, each applicant shall be kept anonymous by being given a number to maintain the confidentiality of his name until the examinations have been graded. (c) An applicant for licensure must pass the current form of the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) provided by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards and a local examination based on clinical experience, ethics, and theoretical knowledge related to psychology as practiced in the Virgin Islands. (d) The acceptable level of performance for both examinations shall be determined by the board and established in its rules and regulations and separate levels of performance for psychologists and psychological associates shall be established. (e) The board shall establish rules and regulations regarding re-examination of applicants who have previously failed the examinations.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 169d (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - The Practice of Psychology|§ 169d. Psychologists

 (a) An applicant may be issued a license as a psychologist if that person: (1) has met the requirements as set forth in section 169c of this chapter; (2) has received a doctoral degree based on a planned and directed program of studies in psychology from an educational institution accredited by one of the regional accrediting bodies recognized and approved by the Council on Post-secondary Accreditation and the United States Department of Education and other educational requirements established by the board through its rules and regulations; (3) has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the board the successful completion of no less than two years of experience in a clinical psychology setting including a minimum of 3,000 hours in the practice of psychology defined in section 169 of this chapter. Of this total experience, 1500 hours should involve direct work with clients and should be appropriately supervised by an approved supervisor. A total of 1500 hours or one year of supervised professional practice may be pre-doctoral; (4) passes the examination requirement established by the board; (5) in the case of an applicant from an institution of higher education located outside the United States, which at the time the applicant was enrolled, and at the time the applicant graduated maintained a standard of training substantially equivalent to the standards of training of those institutions in the United States which are accredited by a regional accrediting body recognized by the Council on Post-secondary Accreditation or can demonstrate equivalent course work; or an institution of higher education located outside the United States, maintained a standard of training substantially equivalent to the standards of training of those institutions in the United States which are accredited by a regional accrediting body recognized by the Council on Post-secondary Accreditation. The education and training must have been received in an institution or program of higher education officially recognized by the government of the country in which it is located as an institution or program of higher education that trains students to practice as psychologists or psychotherapists. The burden of establishing that the requirements of the provision have been met shall be upon the applicant, and the board may require documentation, such as, but not limited to, an evaluation by a foreign equivalency determination service, as evidence that the applicant's graduate degree program and education were equivalent to an accredited program in the United States.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 169e (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - The Practice of Psychology|§ 169e. Psychological Associate

 A person may be issued a license as a psychological associate if that person: (1) has met the requirements established in section 169c of this chapter; (2) has received a Masters Degree in Psychology from an accredited institution which has been accredited by a regional accredited body recognized and approved by the Council on Post-secondary Accreditation and the United States Department of Education and any other educational requirements established by the Board through its rules and regulations; (3) has, subsequent to receiving such Masters Degree, at least three years or 4,500 hours of supervised post-masters practice as approved by the rules and regulations of the board; (4) passes the examination requirement as established by the board; and (5) in the case of an applicant from an institution of higher education located outside of the United States, has met the same standards as outlined in section 169d(5) of this title. The psychological associate shall only practice under supervision by an approved supervisor, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board.