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V.I. Code tit. 27, § 221 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 4B - Mandatory Criminal Background Checks for Applicants Licensed by the Boards of Medical Examiners, Dental Examiners, Nurse Licensure, Pharmacy, Optometrical Examiners, Physical Therapy, Chiropractic Examiners, Podiatry Examiners, Psychology Examiners, Board of Veterinary Medicine, and Board of Naturopathic Physicians|§ 221. Criminal background check requirement

 (a) The Virgin Islands Board of Medical Examiners, the Board of Dental Examiners, the Board of Nurse Licensure, the Board of Pharmacy, the Board of Optometrical Examiners, the Board of Physical Therapy, the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the Board of Podiatry Examiners, the Board of Psychology Examiners, the Board of Veterinary Medicine and the Board of Naturopathic Physicians shall conduct, with the assistance of the Virgin Islands Police Department or any entity qualified to conduct certified criminal background checks, a criminal background check by exchanging fingerprint data with and receiving criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for every applicant licensed by the respective board, and every such applicant who is seeking an initial license under this title must pass a criminal background check as a condition of licensure. (b) The requirement to pass a criminal background check also applies to dental assistants regulated by the Board of Dental Examiners under chapter 1, subchapter III and certified nursing assistants regulated by the Board of Nurse Licensure under chapter 1, subchapter IV. (c) All information obtained as a result of the criminal background check made under subsections (a) and (b) must be used for official governmental purposes only. The information must be kept confidential and may not be disseminated to or shared with any private entity for any purpose.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250e (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250e. Appointment of a resident agent

 A person or a firm not a resident of the Territory applying for a certificate under section 250c of this chapter or a permit to practice under section 250d shall appoint a resident agent as permitted by law or Board regulations. The applicant’s agent must be a person upon whom process may be served in any action or proceeding against the applicant arising out of any transaction or operation connected with or incidental to services performed by the applicant while a permittee within the Territory.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250h (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250h. Enforcement—investigations

 (a) The Board or its designee may, upon receipt of a complaint or other information suggesting violations of this chapter or of the rules of the Board, conduct investigations to determine whether there is probable cause to institute proceedings under sections 250f, 250k, or 250l of this chapter against any person or firm for such violation, but an investigation under this section is not a prerequisite to such proceedings if a determination of probable cause can be made without investigation. In aid of such investigations, the Board or the chairperson, or a designee may issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to testify and produce evidence, or both testify and produce evidence. (b) The Board may designate a member, or any other person of appropriate competence, to serve as investigating officer to conduct an investigation. Upon completion of an investigation, the investigating officer shall file a report with the Board. The Board shall find probable cause or lack of probable cause upon the basis of the report or shall return the report to the investigating officer for further investigation. Unless there has been a determination of probable cause, the report of the investigating officer, the complaint, if any, the testimony and documents submitted in support of the complaint or gathered in the investigation, and the fact of pendency of the investigation must be treated as confidential information and must not be disclosed to any person except law enforcement authorities and, to the extent deemed necessary in order to conduct the investigation, the subject of the investigation, persons whose complaints are being investigated, and witnesses questioned in the course of the investigation. (c) Upon a finding of probable cause, if the subject of the investigation is a permittee or an individual with privileges under section 250q of this chapter, the Board shall direct that a complaint be issued under section 250f of this chapter, and if the subject of the investigation is not a permittee or an individual with privileges under section 250q, the Board shall take appropriate action under sections 250k or 250l of this chapter. Upon a finding of no probable cause, the Board shall close the matter and shall thereafter release information relating thereto only with the consent of the person or firm under investigation. (d) The Board may review the publicly available professional work of permittees or an individual with privileges under section 250q of this chapter on a general and random basis, without any requirement of a formal complaint or suspicion of impropriety. If as a result of such review the Board discovers reasonable grounds for a more specific investigation, the Board may proceed under subsections (a) through (c) of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250i (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250i. Reinstatement

 (a) In any case where the Board has suspended or revoked a certificate or a permit or revoked or limited privileges under section 250q or refused to renew a certificate, permit, the Board may, upon application in writing by the person or firm affected and for good cause shown, modify the suspension, or reissue the certificate, permit, or registration or remove the limitation or revocation of privileges under section 250q. (b) The Board shall by rule specify the manner in which such applications must be made, the times within which they must be made, and the circumstances in which hearings must be held thereon. (c) Before reissuing, or terminating the suspension of, a certificate or permit under this section or of privileges under section 250q, and as a condition thereto, the Board may require the applicant therefor to show successful completion of specified continuing professional education; and the Board may make the reinstatement of a certificate, permit or registration or of privileges under section 250q conditional and subject to satisfactory completion of a peer review conducted in such fashion as the Board may specify.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250k (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250k. Injunctions against unlawful acts

 Whenever, as a result of an investigation under section 250h of this chapter or otherwise, the Board believes that any person or firm has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute a violation of section 250j of this chapter, the Board may make application to the appropriate court for an order enjoining such acts or practices, and upon a showing by the Board that such person or firm has engaged, or is about to engage, in any such acts or practices, an injunction, restraining order, or other order as may be appropriate shall be granted by such court.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250l (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250l. Criminal penalties

 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, is subject to a fine of not more than $2,000, or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Whenever the Board has reason to believe that any person is liable to punishment under this section, it may certify the facts to the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands, who may in his discretion, cause appropriate proceedings to be brought.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250m (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250m. Single act evidence of practice

 In any action brought under sections 250f, 250k or 250l of this chapter, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by this chapter is sufficient to justify a penalty, injunction, restraining order, or conviction, respectively, without evidence of a general course of conduct.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250n (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250n. Confidential communications

 Except by permission of the client for whom a permittee performs services or the heirs, successors, or personal representatives of such client, a permittee under this chapter, may not voluntarily disclose information communicated to the permittee by the client relating to and in connection with services rendered to the client by the permittee. Such information is deemed confidential, but nothing herein may be construed as prohibiting the disclosure of information required to be disclosed by the standards of the public accounting profession in reporting on the examination of financial statements or as prohibiting compliance with applicable laws, government regulations or PCAOB requirements, disclosures in court proceedings, in investigations or proceedings under sections 250f or 250h of this chapter, in ethical investigations conducted by private professional organizations, or in the course of peer reviews, or to other persons active in the organization performing services for that client on a need to know basis or to persons in the entity who need this information for the sole purpose of assuring quality control.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250o (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250o. Licensees’ working papers; clients’ records

 All statements, records, schedules, working papers and memoranda made by a certified public accountant or public accountant incident to or in the course of professional service to clients by such certified public accountant or public accountant, except reports submitted by a certified public accountant or public accountant to a client, are and remain the property of such certified public accountant or public accountant, in the absence of an express agreement between the certified public accountant or public accountant and the client to the contrary. No such statement, record, schedule, working paper or memorandum may be sold, transferred or bequeathed, without the consent of the client or the client’s personal representative or assignee, to anyone other than one or more surviving partners or new partners of such accountant.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250p (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250p. Privity of contract

 (a) This section applies to all causes of action of the type specified herein filed on or after the effective date. (b) This section governs any action based on negligence brought against any accountant or firm of accountants practicing in this State by any person or entity claiming to have been injured as a result of financial statements or other information examined, compiled, reviewed, certified, audited or otherwise reported or opined on by the defendant accountant or in the course of an engagement to provide other services. (c) No action covered by this section may be brought unless: (1) The plaintiff: (A) is issuer or successor of the issuer, of the financial statements or other information examined, compiled, reviewed, certified, audited or otherwise reported or opined on by the defendant; and (B) engaged the defendant licensee to examine, compile, review, certify, audit or otherwise report or render an opinion on such financial statements or to provide other services; or (2) The defendant permittee or firm: (A) was aware at the time the engagement was undertaken that the financial statements or other information were to be made available for use in connection with a specified transaction by the plaintiff who was specifically identified to the defendant accountant; (B) was aware that the plaintiff intended to rely upon such financial statements or other information in connection with the specified transaction; and (C) had direct contact and communication with the plaintiff and expressed by words or conduct the defendant accountant’s understanding of the reliance on such financial statements or other information.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250q (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250q. Substantial equivalency

 (a)  (1) An individual whose principal place of business is not in this Territory and who holds a valid license as a Certified Public Accountant from any state that the NASBA National Qualification Appraisal Service has verified to be in substantial equivalence with the CPA licensure requirements of the AICPA/NASBA Uniform Accountancy Act is presumed to have qualifications substantially equivalent to this State’s requirements and shall have all the privileges of permittees of this Territory without the need to obtain a permit under sections 250c or 250d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who offers or renders professional services, whether in person, by mail, telephone or electronic means, under this section must be granted practice privileges in this Territory, and no notice or other submission must be provided by any such individual. Such an individual is subject to the requirements in paragraph (3) of this subsection. (2) An individual licensee of another state exercising the privilege afforded under this section and the firm that employs that licensee hereby simultaneously consents, as a condition of the grant of this privilege: (A) to the personal and subject matter jurisdiction and disciplinary authority of the Board, (B) to comply with this chapter and the Board’s rules; (C) to the condition that if the license from the state of the individual’s principal place of business is no longer valid, the individual shall cease offering or rendering professional services in the Virgin Islands individually and on behalf of a firm; and (D) to the appointment of the State Board that issued their license as their agent upon whom process may be served in any action or proceeding by this Board against the licensee. (3) An individual who has been granted practice privileges under this section and who for any entity with its home office in the Territory, performs any of the services listed in subparagraphs (A) through (C) may practice only through a firm that has obtained a permit issued under section 250d of this chapter. Those services are: (A) Any financial statement audit or other engagement to be performed in accordance with Statements on Auditing Standards; (B) Any examination of prospective financial information to be performed in accordance with Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements; or (C) Any engagement to be performed in accordance with PCAOB auditing standards; (b) A permittee of the Territory offering or rendering services or using its CPA title in another state is subject to disciplinary action in the Territory for an act committed in another state for which the licensee would be subject to discipline for an act committed in the other state. Notwithstanding section 250h(a), the Board shall investigate any complaint made by the board of accountancy of another state.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 250r (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 5A - Accountancy|§ 250r. Construction; severability

 If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or entity or in any circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to others or in other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 261 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 261. Board of Examiners

 (a) The Virgin Islands Electricians' Licensing Board, the Virgin Islands Plumbers' Licensing Board, the Mechanical Licensing Board and the Fiber Optic Installers’ Licensing Board, heretofore existing within the Department of Public Works, are continued within the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs. (b) Each Board shall be composed of five members as follows: (1) Four members, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature, who shall be licensed electricians, licensed plumbers and mechanics and licensed fiber optic installers , respectively, actively engaged in their trade. However, the initial members appointed to the Fiber Optics Licensing Board need not be licensed fiber optic technicians, but must have been certified by a nationally-recognized certifying entity such as the Fiber Optic Association. Two of such members of each Board shall be residents of the District of St. Croix and two residents of the District of St. Thomas-St. John. The terms of the initial members of the Fiber Optic Licensing board shall be for the term of one, two, three and four years, respectively. (2) The Chief Electrical Inspector, the Chief Plumbing Inspector, Chief Fiber Optic Inspector and the Chief Mechanical Inspector of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources shall be ex officio voting members of the appropriate Board and each shall serve as Secretary of the Board of which he is a member. (c) The four appointed members of each Board shall serve for terms of two years. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring on either Board, prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. Each member of each Board shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Three members of each Board shall constitute a quorum. (d) Each Board shall elect at its first meeting in each calendar year one of its members to serve as its Chairman and one member to serve as Vice Chairman. (e) Each Board under the hand of its Chairman and the seal of the Board may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, and it may require the production of papers, records or documents in any inquiry or proceeding which may be instituted by it or be pending before it. Any member of each Board may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before such Board. (f) Each appointed member of each Board shall receive $75.00 for each day or part thereof spent in the work of a Board, plus actual travel expenses. (g) The members of each Board may be removed by the Governor for cause. (h) In addition to the performance of its functions prescribed by law, the Boards shall perform such functions as the Commissioner prescribe or as required by law. (i) As used in this chapter, “Board” means the Virgin Islands Electricians' Licensing Board or the Virgin Islands Plumbers' and Mechanical Licensing Board or Fiber Optic Installer Board, as the case may be.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 262 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 262. Unlawful practice of electrical, plumber or mechanic trade

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the trade of electrician, plumber or mechanic within the Virgin Islands unless he is licensed therefor as provided in this chapter or is certified as an apprentice or journeyman pursuant to this chapter. (b) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the trade of Fiber Optic maintenance, installation or repair unless licensed as a Fiber Optic Technician.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 263 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 263. License required

 Any person desiring to engage in electrical, or mechanical or plumbing or fiber optic trade as a master electrician, master plumber or master mechanic or fiber optic technician in the Virgin Islands shall obtain a license to do so in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 264 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 264. Powers and duties of Boards

 Each Board shall administer the provisions of this chapter as are applicable to its functions, except as otherwise specifically provided, and without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, shall have the power and duty to— (1) adopt an official seal; (2) recommend the issuance, suspension, or revocation of licenses under this chapter; (3) adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations and bylaws, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, upon finding that such are necessary for the furtherance of the provisions of this chapter, which rules, regulations or bylaws, when approved by the Governor, shall be deemed to be a part of and of the same effect as this chapter; (4) establish fees to be charged and collected; (5) employ counsel, subpoena witnesses, and administer oaths; and (6) submit to the Governor and the Legislature, through the Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs, annual reports containing a summary of their work, and any other data which the Governor, the Commissioner or the Legislature may request.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 265 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 7 - Trades and Crafts|§ 265. Applications for licenses; qualifications

 (a) Applications for licenses provided by this chapter shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the appropriate Board and shall be accompanied by satisfactory proof in writing that the applicant— (1) has resided in the Virgin Islands for twelve consecutive months immediately preceding his application; (2) is of good moral character as shown by at least three letters of favorable character testimony; (3) has had at least five years of experience in his trade as a journeyman. (b) Each application for a license miniature, full-faced, bust sized photograph of the applicant taken within six months preceding the date of application, and which photograph shall be permanently affixed to the application. (c) The residence requirements specified in this section shall not apply to bona fide residents of the Virgin Islands who have been temporarily absent studying or practicing their electrical, plumbing trade, fiber optic trade, or mechanical trade. (d) Each Board may adopt uniform rules and regulations granting credit toward the experience requirements specified in this section. Credit may be given to persons who (1) hold college degrees or have completed college or university courses in electrical, fiber optic or mechanical engineering; or (2) have graduated or completed courses in a recognized vocational, industrial or trade school in the electrical or plumbing trade or fiber optic trade.