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V.I. Code tit. 27, § 266 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 266. Examination for licenses

 (a) Every applicant for a license pursuant to this chapter shall be required to answer a reasonable number of questions in writing and by practical examination to show that he has sufficient knowledge, technical training and administrative ability to perform and supervise the practice of his trade. Each Board shall hold regular examinations at least three times each year on each island. The appropriate Board shall also conduct such investigations as may be proper to determine the character and fitness of applicants. (b) Within 15 days after an examination, the Board conducting such examination shall notify the Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs and the person or persons examined of the outcome of the examination. Such Board shall also within the same period notify the Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs of the names and addresses of all persons who have passed the examination and of the particular license they are entitled to receive. The Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs shall, upon such notification, issue such appropriate licenses. (c) Any person who fails to pass an examination as prescribed pursuant to this chapter may apply for reexamination after the expiration of 60 days upon payment of the regular examination fee.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 267 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 267. Types of licenses and requirements

 (a) Applicants for licenses pursuant to this chapter shall apply for one of the following licenses: (1) master electrician's license (2) master plumber's license (3) master mechanical license (4) fiber optic technician license (b) An electrical, plumbing, master plumber or master mechanical or fiber optic technician license issued to a person representing a business operating under a trade, partnership or corporation name, shall be valid only as long as the name or names appearing on such license are the same as the name or names of the person or persons operating such business. In case of any change in the status of either the person representing such business or in the business name, license shall be required. (c) A person serving as such representative under such license shall devote his full time to the business for which the license is issued and shall personally sign applications for certificates of electrical, fiber optic or plumbing inspection, as the case may be.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 270 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 270. Use of licensee's name by another

 No person who has obtained a license pursuant to this chapter shall allow his name to be used by another either for the purpose of obtaining require permits or for doing business or work under such license.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 271 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 271. Exception

 The bona fide owner and occupier of a single family dwelling used exclusively for living purposes, including the usual accessories and quarters in connection with such dwelling may, without obtaining a license pursuant to this chapter, perform electrical, plumbing, fiber optic and mechanical work thereon, providing such person complies with all applicable plumbing or electrical codes.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 272 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 272. Bond

 Every person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall execute and deposit with the Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs a bond in a sum of not less than $2,000 and with such number of sureties as the appropriate Board may determine, to be conditioned upon the faithful performance of all work in accordance with applicable electrical or plumbing codes and regulations, as the case may be, that such licensee will pay all fines and penalties properly imposed upon him for violation of the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable law and that the Government of the Virgin Islands shall be kept harmless from the consequences of any and all acts of the said licensee during the period covered by such bond. No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid unless a bond is executed and deposited as provided by this section. Pursuant to the powers granted by section 264 of this chapter, a Board may by regulation uniformly increase the amount of any bond required by this section.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 273 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 273. Fees

 The examination fee and an investigation fee, if necessary, for a license as a master electrician, master plumber, electrical contractor, fiber optic technician or plumbing contractor shall be determined by the Board and such examination and investigation fees shall be paid to the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 274 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 274. Revocation or suspension of licenses

 (a) Each Board may refuse to grant, or may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any license if the holder has: (1) secured such license by misrepresentation; (2) failed to maintain the qualifications required by this chapter or demonstrated a level of competence manifestly inconsistent with the retention of the license in question; (3) engaged in fraudulent business activities or in misleading advertising practices; (4) violated a provision of this chapter; (5) committed an act of gross negligence or condoned such an act by an employee of his; (6) failed to adequately and properly supervise employees in compliance with recognized safety standards; (7) failed to secure inspection of electrical or plumbing construction by an inspection authority provided by law; or (8) failed to perform electrical construction or plumbing construction in conformance with standards of the National Electrical Code Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronic Industry Association, Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standards, Uniform Plumbing Code, Uniform Mechanical Code, Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Code, and Uniform Solar Energy Code. (b) Any person may prefer charges as set forth above against any licensee. Such charges shall be in writing and shall be sworn to by the person making them and shall be filed with the secretary of the appropriate Board. All charges unless dismissed by such Board as unfounded or trivial shall be heard by the Board after completing any necessary investigation. The time and place for the hearing shall be fixed by the Board and a copy of the charges together with a notice of the time and place of hearing shall be personally served on or mailed to the last known address of the licensee at least fifteen (15) days before the date fixed for the hearing. At any hearing the accused licensee shall have the right to appear personally and by counsel to cross-examine witnesses appearing against him and to produce evidence and witnesses in his own defense. No license shall be suspended or revoked except upon the agreement of at least three (3) members of the appropriate Board. (c) A person whose license has been revoked may become eligible not earlier than one (1) year from the date of said revocation for a new license upon meeting all of the requirements of this chapter and, in the case of an application for a license, upon the satisfactory completion of an examination as provided by this chapter. (d) Any person aggrieved by an action of a Board in revoking, suspending, or refusing to issue his license may appeal such action to any court of competent jurisdiction in the Virgin Islands within thirty (30) days after the date of such action. No such appeal may stay the action complained of unless specifically ordered by the court. (e) Upon appeal every finding, decision, and determination by the Board as to questions of fact shall be deemed final in the absence of conclusive showing to the court of fraud or that it was arbitrary.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 275 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 275. Penalties

 Whoever violates or refuses to comply with any provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation thereunder shall be fined not more than $500 for each and every violation or act of non-compliance.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 281 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 281. Declaration of policy

 In order to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the public welfare, any person practicing or offering to practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying shall hereafter be required to submit evidence that he is qualified so to practice and shall be licensed as hereinafter provided.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 283a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 283a. Conditional licenses

 Notwithstanding the citizenship and residency requirements of section 283 of this chapter, the Board may issue a conditional license to any person who is either not a United States citizen or not a Virgin Islands resident or both if such person otherwise fulfills the requirements of said section and either of the following circumstances exists: (a) Such person is employed by an office or agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands or of the Federal Government. (b) In the case of employment in the private sector, such person associates himself with an engineer, architect or land surveyor duly licensed to practice in the Virgin Islands. Such conditional licenses shall be valid for one year and shall carry the same fee as that charged for regular licenses as provided in this chapter, and shall be automatically invalidated in the event that subsections (a) or (b) of this section cease to apply to the holder thereof. The Board may promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the proper administration and supervision of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 284 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 284. Application and registration fees

 (a) Initial application for license as an architect, engineer, or land surveyor shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by the Board, shall contain statements made under oath showing the applicant's education and a detailed summary of his technical experience, and shall contain such references as may be required by the Board, none of whom may be members of the Board. (b) The license fee for architects and engineers on initial application shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) and shall accompany the application. The certificate fee for engineers-in-training and architects-in-training shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and shall accompany the application. The license fee for land surveyors on initial application shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) and shall accompany the application. The license fees shall not be prorated regardless of the date of issuance. (c) If the issuance of a license or certificate to any applicant is denied, the fee shall be retained as an application fee; and one-half of the fee shall be credited toward reapplication if denial was due to the applicant's failing the examination.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 285 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 285. Examinations

 (a) Examinations shall be held twice each year at such times and places as the Board determines. (b) Each examination shall be broken down into three or more parts, each part of equal point value. The passing grade on any examination shall be an average of 75% in all parts combined. In order to determine this average, no part shall be accepted with a grade less than 65% and only one part with a grade less than 75%. An applicant failing one examination may apply for reexamination in the part or parts which he failed. An applicant who received an average grade of less than 50% must be reexamined in all parts and he must pass all those failed parts during any one reexamination. An applicant who fails more than one-third of the examination must be reexamined in all parts. The Board may permit the use of books, tables, graphs, and the like during examinations. (c) The following is a listing of the general subject matter to be covered in the respective examinations: (1) Architects. Structural design; selection and use of materials, mechanical, and electrical equipment; counselling and administration; supervision of construction; history of architectural programming; land and community planning; architectural design; professional ethics. (2) Engineers. Structural design of buildings and structures; hydraulics including stream flow, flow in pipes, hydraulic power, and machinery; thermodynamics including heat transfer, boilers, prime movers, and power equipment; machine design including mechanical movement and stresses in machine parts; electrical equipment including generators and motors, transmission and distribution of electrical energy, electrical control and protection; engineering economics including economic comparison, fixed and operating costs, valuation; professional ethics and land surveying for graduate civil engineers. (3) Engineers-in-training and architects-in-training. Fundamental engineering or architectural subjects. (4) Land surveyors. Mathematics including advanced algebra, logarithm, plane and solid geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry; theory and practice of surveying; limits of precision; use, care, and adjustment of instruments; traverses; computations or error of closure; mapping; land surveying; precision surveying; highway surveying; baselines and triangulation; geodetic surveying; determination of true meridian; magnetic declination and variation; determination of latitude and longitude; hydrographic surveying; land boundaries and monuments; land subdivisions; deed descriptions and conveyancing; surveying law; professional ethics. (d) Satisfactory passing of an examination in architecture, engineering, or land surveying shall entitle an applicant who otherwise qualifies to a license respectively in architecture, engineering, or land surveying.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 286 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 286. Licenses; seals

 (a) The Secretary of the Board shall issue a license upon payment of the license fee, as provided for in this chapter, to any applicant who has satisfactorily met all the requirements of this chapter. The issuance of a license by the Board shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all rights and privileges of an architect, engineer, or land surveyor, as the case may be, while the said license remains in effect. (b) Each licensee hereunder shall, upon receipt of his license, obtain a seal of the design authorized by the Board, bearing the licensee's name and the legend “Architect”, “Engineer”, or “Land Surveyor”, as the case may be. Plans, specifications, reports, maps, plats, surveys, or other documents prepared by the licensee shall, when issued for filing with public authorities, be signed and stamped with the said seal. It shall be unlawful for an architect, engineer, or land surveyor to affix, or permit his seal to be affixed, to any plans, specifications, reports, maps, plats, surveys, or other documents after expiration of a license or for the purpose of aiding or abetting any other person to evade or attempt to evade any provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 287 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 287. Expiration and renewals

 (a) A license shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance and shall become invalid after that date unless renewed. The Secretary of the Board shall notify every person licensed under this chapter of the date of the expiration of his license and the amount of the fee required for its renewal. Such notice shall be mailed to the licensee at his last known address at least one month in advance of the date of the expiration of said license. Renewal may be effected at any time prior to the date of expiration by application for renewal and by the payment of a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for architects and engineers and forty dollars ($40.00) for land surveyors. (b) A license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be automatically invalidated in the event the licensee terminates his Virgin Islands residency. Such license may be reinstated upon presentation to the Board of an affidavit of the previous license holder, sworn to by him before a person authorized to administer oaths, that he has resumed residency in the Virgin Islands. The reinstatement fee for such license shall be the same as for the renewal thereof as provided in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 288 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 288. Disciplinary action; revocations; appeals

 (a) The Board, subject to appeal as hereinafter provided, may suspend, refuse to renew, or revoke the license of any licensee who, after due notice and hearing by the Board, is found to have lost his residency in the Virgin Islands or is found guilty of— (1) The practice of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a license. (2) Any gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the practice of architecture, engineering, or land surveying. (3) Any felony or any crime involving moral turpitude. (b) The Board may, upon its own motion or upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, consider any charges under (1), (2), or (3) above, against any licensee. All charges shall be heard by the Board within thirty (30) days from the date on which they have been preferred, unless for good cause the Board extends the time for such hearing for not more than an additional thirty (30) days. The time and place for said hearing shall be fixed by the Board, and a copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and place of the hearing, shall be personally served on, or mailed to the last known address of such licensee, at least twenty (20) days before the date fixed for the hearing. At the hearing the licensee shall have the right to appear personally and by counsel, to cross-examine witnesses appearing against him, and to produce evidence and witnesses in his own defense. (c) Any person aggrieved by an action of the Board in denying, suspending, refusing to renew, or revoking his license shall be entitled to judicial review thereof by filing an appeal with the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands within thirty (30) days after the date of such action. No such appeal shall act as a stay of the action complained of unless specifically allowed by the Court. (d) Upon each appeal all findings, decisions, or determinations by the Board as to questions of fact shall be deemed final in the absence of conclusive showing to the Court of fraud or arbitrariness.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 289 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 289. Violations and penalties

 Any person who— (1) practices or offers to practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying in the Virgin Islands without being licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or (2) uses in connection with his name, or who otherwise assumes, uses, or advertises, any title or description tending to convey that he is an architect, engineer, or land surveyor licensed to practice in the Virgin Islands without being so licensed, or (3) presents or attempts to use the license or seal of another, or (4) attempts to use an expired, suspended, or revoked license, or (5) gives false or forged evidence of any kind to the Board or any member thereof in obtaining or attempting to obtain a license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may, upon conviction, be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 290 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 290. Power of injunction

 If any person carries on or practices as an architect, engineer, or land surveyor as herein defined, in violation of the provisions of this chapter, the carrying on or practicing as such shall be deemed a nuisance, and may be restrained and abated by injunction brought in the name of the Board by the Attorney General. Such proceedings shall be in addition to any other penalties provided by law.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 291 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 291. Exemptions; temporary permits

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to curtail or extend the rights of any other legally recognized profession or craft. This chapter may not be construed to prevent or curtail— (1) [Repealed.] (2) [Repealed.] (3) The work of an employee or subordinate of a person holding an unexpired license under this chapter; provided that such work does not include final designs or decisions and is done under the direct supervision of and checked by a person licensed under this chapter. (4) The practice of architecture, engineering, or land surveying, by individual licensees through a partnership, joint stock company, or corporation, as agents, employees, officers, or partners; provided that they shall be individually liable for their professional acts; and further provided that all personnel of such partnership, joint stock company, or corporation, who act in its behalf as architects, engineers, or land surveyors are licensed under this chapter. Each partnership, joint stock company, or corporation providing architectural, engineering, or land survey services shall be jointly and severally liable with such individual licensees, and all final plans, specifications, reports, maps, plats, surveys, and other documents involving architectural, engineering, or land surveying work, when issued, shall be dated and shall bear the seals and signatures of the architect, engineer, or land surveyor who prepared them; Provided, however, That nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to constitute such a partnership, joint stock company, or corporation if a person sells skills or services on an individual and personal basis, within the meaning of section 43(a) of Title 33 of the Virgin Islands Code. (5) The practice of architecture, engineering, or land surveying by officers and employees of the Government of the United States or of the Virgin Islands Government for such Government. (6) The doing of any engineering or land surveying work by an architect which is incidental to his practice of architecture. (7) The doing of any architectural or land surveying work by an engineer which is incidental to his practice of engineering. (8) The making by a draftsman of plans or specifications for the incidental or occasional erection or construction of any building or enlargement or alteration thereof unless the same adversely affects the public safety or health or the property of some other person.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 292 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors|§ 292. Remittance and covering of fees and fines

 All fees paid to the Board under this chapter shall be remitted by the Secretary of the Board to the Commissioner of Finance and shall be covered into the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands.