Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 48 - COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY BOARD › Chapter 50 - COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY MANAGER REGULATIONS › Part I - General › Section 18VAC48-50-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Section
					 54.1-2345 of the Code
					 of Virginia provides definitions of the following terms and phrases as used in
					 this chapter:
"Association"
"Board"
"Common interest community"
"Common interest community manager"
"Declaration"
"Governing board"
"Lot"
"Management services"
The following words, terms, and phrases when used in this
					 chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Active status" means the status of a certificated person
					 in the employ of a common interest community manager.
"Address of record" means the mailing address designated by
					 the regulant to receive notices and correspondence from the board. Notice
					 mailed to the address of record by certified mail, return receipt requested,
					 shall be deemed valid notice.
"Applicant" means a common interest community manager who
					 has submitted an application for licensure or an individual who has submitted
					 an application for certification.
"Application" means a completed, board-prescribed form
					 submitted with the appropriate fee and other required documentation.
"Certified principal or supervisory employee" refers to any
					 individual who has principal responsibility for management services provided to
					 a common interest community or who has supervisory responsibility for employees
					 who participate directly in the provision of management services to a common
					 interest community, and who holds a certificate issued by the board.
"Contact hour" means 50 minutes of instruction.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Professional
					 and Occupational Regulation.
"Direct supervision" means exercising oversight and
					 direction of, and control over, the work of another.
"Firm" means a sole proprietorship, association,
					 partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability
					 partnership, or any other form of business organization recognized under the
					 laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and properly registered, as may be
					 required, with the Virginia State Corporation Commission.
"Principal responsibility" means having the primary
					 obligation for the direct provision of management services provided to a common
					 interest community.
"Regulant" means a common interest community manager as
					 defined in §
										54.1-2345 of the Code
					 of Virginia who holds a license issued by the board or an individual who holds
					 a certificate issued by the board.
"Reinstatement" means the process and requirements through
					 which an expired license or certificate can be made valid without the regulant
					 having to apply as a new applicant.
"Renewal" means the process and requirements for
					 periodically approving the continuance of a license or certificate.
"Responsible person" means the employee, officer, manager,
					 owner, or principal of the firm who shall be designated by each firm to ensure
					 compliance with Chapter 23.3 (§
										54.1-2345 et seq.) of
					 Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia, and all regulations of the board, and to
					 receive communications and notices from the board that may affect the firm. In
					 the case of a sole proprietorship, the sole proprietor shall have the
					 responsibilities of the responsible person.
"Sole proprietor" means any individual, not a corporation
					 or other registered business entity, who is trading under his own name, or
					 under an assumed or fictitious name pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 of
					 Title 59.1 (§
										59.1-69
					 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia.
"Supervisory responsibility" means providing formal
					 supervision of the work of at least one other person. The individual who has
					 supervisory responsibility directs the work of another employee or other
					 employees, has control over the work performed, exercises examination and
					 evaluation of the employee's performance, or has the authority to make
					 decisions personally that affect the management services
					 provided.
Statutory Authority: §
												54.1-2349
						of the Code of Virginia.