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V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168g (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168g. Examinations

 (a) The Board shall hold regular podiatry examinations twice a year in the Virgin Islands pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Board. The examination shall cover all subjects as the Board prescribes, which, in accordance with accepted standards are adequate and sufficient for proper evaluation of an applicant's qualifications to practice podiatric medicine. (b) Candidates for admission to practice shall be required to attain an average of 75 percent on each subject examined.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168h (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168h. National and state certificates

 In determining the qualifications necessary for registration under the provisions of this subchapter, the Board shall not accept national and/or state certificates in lieu of the examination administered by the Board of Examiners for Podiatry in the Virgin Islands. However, where there is a documented need for the specialty or its subspecialties as determined by the Medical Directors of the hospitals or the Commissioner of Health, the Board is authorized to grant without examination a special unrestricted license for a three-year period. A special unrestricted license shall be issued only to a Podiatric physician who has an unrestricted license to practice in the United States, and who has completed an accredited residency program approved by the American Podiatric Medical Association.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168i (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168i. Fees for examination and license certificate

ExaminationLicense Certificate$100.00 $100.00 All fees shall be paid in accordance with regulations issued by the Board as incorporated in its bylaws. Any person upon showing proper justification for being unable to attend the examination or who fails to pass the required examination shall be admitted to reexamination with the payment of a fee of $100; provided that the fee paid in advance for the prior examination shall not be returned to the applicant.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168j (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168j. Issuance of licenses by Commissioner of Health

 The Board shall report its recommendations with respect to all applications to practice, including the results of all examinations, where such are required, to the Commissioner of Health who upon due consideration having been satisfied feels that all requirements have been met shall issue licenses to each qualifying applicant.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168k (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168k. Registration of licenses; annual fees; revocation and suspension

 (a) Persons who obtain licenses under the provisions of this subchapter shall within 30 days after issuance, register said license in the office of the Commissioner of Health. Thereafter, such license shall be annually registered as a condition to further practice. An annual registration fee of $200.00 shall be levied and payments made to the office of the Commissioner of Health. (b) The Commissioner of Health, upon recommendation of the Board, and subject to appeal to the Governor, may revoke or suspend the license to practice issued to any person under this subchapter who after due notice and hearing by the Board, is found guilty of any unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, including habitual drunkenness, or excessive use of narcotics. (c) The fee to be paid for reinstatement of a certificate of registration which has expired for a period of less than five years is $300.00. If a certificate has expired for a period of more than five years, the applicant must be reexamined. The fee for issuance of a duplicate which has been lost or destroyed is $50.00.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168l (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168l. Penalties

 Whoever practices podiatry in the Virgin Islands as covered by this subchapter without having first obtained the license prescribed herein, or willfully violates any of the provisions of this subchapter, or any rules and regulations issued hereunder, shall be fined not less than $500, or more than $1,000.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168m (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168m. Continuing education requirements

 Podiatrists licensed to practice in the Virgin Islands shall, as a requirement for renewal of license, complete at least 15 hours of study from a Podiatry Continuing Education Program, which 15 hours may be in the form of lectures, seminars, and/or meetings, lectures, and/or seminars given or presented to the general medical staff at hospital or other appropriate locations shall be deemed sufficient to obtain the required number of hours per year to maintain or renew a license.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168n (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168n. Emergency care of injured persons

 Any person licensed to practice podiatric medicine in the Virgin Islands, or licensed under an Act of any other State or Territory of the United States, who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to a victim of an accident at the scene of an accident, or in case of disaster and/or nuclear attack shall not, as a result of his acts or omissions be liable for civil damages, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of such person in providing such care.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 301b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 301b. Foreign sales corporations defined

 For the purposes of this chapter a “foreign sales corporation” shall have the same meaning as that contained in Title 13, chapter 12, Virgin Islands Code.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 301c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 301c. Protected cell and incubator business defined

 For the purposes of this chapter a “Protected Cell” shall have the same meaning as that contained in Title 17, chapter 42, section 801, of this Code and an Incubator Business shall mean a business as described in Title 17, chapter 34, section 482(g), of this Code.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 303 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 303. Process of applications

 (a) Upon the receipt of an application for an initial license under the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner shall submit copies of the application to the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) for verification of the police record stated on the application, to the Virgin Islands Historic Preservation Commission, Department of Planning and Natural Resources for construction and site acceptability, to the Department of Health in the case of a business, occupation, trade or profession involving food operations, and to pay any other pertinent agency or instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands or of the United States for the purpose of obtaining reasonable information or approval determined necessary by the Commissioner for action upon the application. In the case of Foreign Sales Corporations, a license to do business shall be granted within three (3) business days of the receipt of the application, provided that the license shall be subsequently revoked if, upon receipt of the information, the Commissioner determines that a license would not have been granted had the information been received prior to the granting of a license. (b) The Commissioner may establish reasonable conditions and terms in any initial or renewed license reasonably related to the business, occupation, profession, or trade, the violation or breach of which may result in the revocation or suspension of the license according to the provisions of section 304 of this chapter. (c) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to foreign sales corporations. (d) A processing fee, in an amount established by the Commissioner, shall be payable to the Government of the Virgin Islands upon the submission of an application to the Department for an initial license or renewal.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 303b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 303b. Registration of vacancies with Employment Security Agency

 (a) Any entity licensed pursuant to this chapter shall notify the Employment Security Agency, Virgin Islands Department of Labor, of its intent to fill an existing position, now vacant or soon to become vacant, or a new previously unfilled position. Notices of vacancies shall include the title of the position, if any, the proposed salary, any required qualifications, and the general duties of the position, and the name, address or telephone number of the person to be contacted by applicants for the position. (b) For the purposes of this section “position” means employment at an hourly, monthly or yearly salary, intended to last at least 30 hours per week and for one month or more, but does not include temporary, or day workers. (c) This section shall not be applicable to positions which are being filled by upgrading.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 305 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 305. Numerical limitations on liquor retail licenses

 (a) After due notice and public hearings, the Commissioner shall establish a numerical limitation on the licenses for liquor retail businesses, to become effective on January 1, 1968, and to be reviewed annually after notice by public hearing. The sole basis for the numerical limitation shall be the determination that licenses in excess of the limitation would have an adverse effect on the public morals, safety or welfare. (b) The Commissioner shall impose a five-year moratorium on the issuance of business licenses for tavern keeper within the towns of Frederiksted and Christiansted in St. Croix and the town of Savan in St. Thomas, to extend westward to Bethesda Gade and the historic town of Charlotte Amalie as established by title 1 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 5, section 81. The sole basis of the moratorium is to ensure that the number of taverns within these confined areas does not negatively compromise the public's safety or welfare. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), this moratorium shall not prevent restaurateurs from acquiring business licenses for bars housed within their restaurants.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 305a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 305a. Restrictions on holding wholesale and retail licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages simultaneously

 (a) The Commissioner of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs may not issue or renew a wholesale license to a person, association, partnership, or corporation for the sale of alcoholic beverages if that person, association, partnership or corporation presently holds a valid retail license for that purpose. (b) The Commissioner of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs may not issue or renew a retail license to a person, association, partnership, or corporation for the sale of alcoholic beverages if that person, association, partnership, or corporation presently holds a valid wholesale license for that purpose. (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally possesses both a retail license and a wholesale license for the sale of alcoholic beverages issued under this chapter shall be fined up to $1,000.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 305b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 305b. Prohibitions applicable to tobacco vendors, and their employees and agents

 (a) Definitions. (1) “Electronic cigarette” means a battery-operated device that contains cartridges filled with a combination of nicotine, flavor and chemicals that are turned into a vapor which is inhaled by the user. (2) “Alternative nicotine product” means a product or device not consisting of or containing tobacco that provides nicotine for ingestion into the body, whether by chewing, smoking, absorbing, dissolving, inhaling, snorting, sniffing, or by any other means. This does not include any product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a non-tobacco product for sale as a tobacco cessation product, as a tobacco dependence product, or for other medical purposes, as long as the product is marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose. (b) A person who holds a tobacco vendor license issued under section 302 of this chapter shall: (1) display the license or a copy of the license prominently at the place or outlet for which the license is issued; (2) [Deleted.] (c) A person that holds a tobacco vendor license issued under section 302 of this chapter, or an employee or agent of that person, shall not sell or distribute tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products: (1) to any individual under 18 years of age; (2) to any individual, who does not present a driver's license or other generally accepted means of identification that describes the individual as 18 years of age or older, contains a likeness of the individual, and appears on its face to be valid; (3) in any form other than an original factory-wrapped package; or (4) other than at an outlet for which a license has been issued under section 302 of this chapter. (d) A person who holds a license issued under section 302 of this chapter, or an employee or agent of that person, shall ensure that minors under the age of 18 years not have access to any vending machine or other device which dispenses tobacco products automatically and shall further ensure that such minors are prohibited from purchasing such tobacco products on their premises. (e) A person who holds a tobacco vendor license issued under section 302 of this chapter shall prominently display a sign which clearly states that it is a violation of law for cigarettes or other tobacco products to be sold to any person under the age of 18 years of age. The Commissioner of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs shall, through its rules and regulations, determine the type and size of the sign. (f) No person shall be liable under the provisions of this section for more than one violation on any one day.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 305c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 305c. Prohibition of unlicensed sale or distribution of tobacco products

 (a) No person, other than a person who holds a tobacco vendor license issued under section 302 of this chapter, or an employee or agent of that person, shall sell or distribute a tobacco product. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to: (1) distribution by an individual to family members or acquaintances on private property that is not open to the public; or (2) the sale or distribution to a manufacturer of tobacco products, to a wholesaler of tobacco products, or to a person who holds a tobacco vendor license issued under section 302 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 305f (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 305f. Notification of cessation of business operations

 Upon the cessation of business operations, any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall notify the Department, in writing, within fifteen days of the cessation of business operations.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 305g (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 305g. Prohibition of unlicensed automotive repair business

 (a) Whoever engages in the business of automotive repairs without obtaining a business license under this chapter shall be subject to the penalties enumerated in section 307. (b) No business license may be issued for any automotive repair business, unless the premises are so zoned.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 306 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 306. Exemptions

 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to agencies of the Virgin Islands or of the United States Government, to religious, charitable, benevolent, or educational organizations when not engaged in the conduct of business pursuits for profit, or to transactions involving a charitable or benevolent purpose.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 307 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 307. Penalties

 (a) Whoever willfully fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine not to exceed $500 and imprisonment not to exceed 30 days or both. (b) The pertinent provisions of chapter 75, Title 14 of this Code shall apply to every application, statement, document, and to all information presented to the Commissioner in an application or at a hearing under this chapter. (c) The Commissioner may refuse to issue any license until the license fee has been paid. The Attorney General may institute an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any person or association from engaging without a license in any of the businesses, occupations, professions, or trades subject to the provisions of this chapter. (d) In addition to the penalties prescribed in this section, an administrative fine of not more than 10% per month of the license fee may be assessed by the Commissioner against persons who have willfully failed or refused to comply with the provisions of this chapter, in the determination of the Commissioner, and the amount of such fine as finally determined by the Commissioner shall be paid by the applicant for a license who has commenced business operations without first obtaining a license therefor or an applicant for the renewal of a license who has not applied and paid for the same before the 31st day of January. (e) In lieu of the penalties under subsection (a) of this section, any entity who willfully fails or refuses to comply with section 303b of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $500 for the first offense, and $1,000 for each offense thereafter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 307a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 307a. Surrender of business licenses

 (a) Any licensee whose business license has been revoked to protect the public welfare, morals or safety under paragraph (2) of subsection (a), section 304 of this chapter, or who has been convicted of an offense under Title 14, sections 1622–1625, shall immediately surrender all licenses as described in section 302 of this chapter which were the subject of the violation of Title 14, sections 1622–1625 inclusive. (b) No license surrendered under this provision may be reissued for a minimum period of five years. Any licensee whose business license has been revoked under this provision may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction, upon institution of an action by the Attorney General, from engaging in capacity in any businesses which were the subject of the violation of Title 14, sections 1622–1625.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 307b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 307b. License conspicuously placed

 Any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall display their business license(s) prominently at all times in their place of business and clearly identifiable by the consumer.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 308 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter II - Traders in Gold, Silver and Other Valuable Items|§ 308. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the safety and welfare of the residents of the Virgin Islands by prescribing procedures which will significantly curtail the disposition of certain stolen property by thieves and which will assist in identifying that stolen property so it may be returned to the owners thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 309 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter II - Traders in Gold, Silver and Other Valuable Items|§ 309. Definitions

 (a) As used in this subchapter, the term “trader” shall mean any person, corporation, partnership or other business entity in the Virgin Islands which acquires from a consumer through purchase, in exchange for money, trade, barter or other valuable consideration, precious metals, precious stones or watches, except that those established merchants in fixed locations are excluded when the purchase of precious metals or stones or watches is made directly or indirectly from manufacturers or wholesalers. (b) The term “consumer” shall mean any person who sells or tries to sell a precious metal, stone or watch to a trader. (c) The term “precious metal” shall mean gold, silver, platinum, silverware, silver-plated items, sterling silver, and coins, in whatever degree, carat or purity of said metals or in whatever article common or commercially known as jewelry. (d) The term “precious stone” shall mean any gem, including, but not limited to, diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires or any semi-precious stone including, but not limited to, amethyst, opal, topaz, turquoise, pearls, or similar items.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 310 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter II - Traders in Gold, Silver and Other Valuable Items|§ 310. Scope

 Only those items of personal property listed below shall be subject to the requirements of this subchapter: (1) precious metals; (2) precious stones; and (3) watches.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 311 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Licensing of Businesses and Occupations|Subchapter II - Traders in Gold, Silver and Other Valuable Items|§ 311. Prohibitions

 No trader shall purchase, barter, exchange or otherwise receive any precious metals, precious stones or watches in the designated locations listed below: (1) Within any guestroom, guest unit of a hotel, motel, tourist home, or tourist camp; (2) In or about any vehicle parked within an automobile parking compound, automobile parking lot, or parked elsewhere on any lot, parcel, tract of land, or public highway or street; (3) On or about any public highway, street, or sidewalk.