Virginia Administrative Code › Title 19 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE › Chapter 70 - MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Part I - Administration of Virginia's Official Motor Vehicle Inspection Program › Section 19VAC30-70-6 - Class IV offenses

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Class IV
				  offenses are those violations considered so critically important to the
				  integrity and credibility of the Official Annual Motor Vehicle Inspection
				  Program as to require immediate and severe disciplinary action. Any Class IV
				  offense is grounds for suspension or revocation. The following violations and
				  actions shall be considered a Class IV offense:
1. Loss of driver's license, with the
				  exception of an administrative court-ordered suspension that does not exceed
				  seven days.
2. Obvious usage of
				  either alcohol or drugs by an employee associated with the Annual Motor Vehicle
				  Inspection Program.
3. Loss of
				  inspection stickers through neglect, or subsequent violations of subsection K
				  of
				  19VAC30-70-10.
4. Improper use of inspection supplies, such
				  as placement on a vehicle that has not been inspected or failure to affix the
				  inspection sticker to the vehicle in its proper location, after
				  inspection.
5. Falsifying
				  inspection receipts or inspection records.
6. Giving false information during an
				  inspection complaint investigation.
7. Performing an inspection at a station
				  without authority from the safety officer.
8. The arrest of any person associated with
				  the inspection program for a criminal offense or the institution of civil
				  action of a nature that would tend to immediately reflect upon the integrity
				  and reputation of the Department of State Police may be grounds for an inactive
				  inspector or station status until final court disposition. A finding other than
				  acquittal for any criminal offense, civil judgment, or bankruptcy may result in
				  a suspension or revocation of the inspector or station appointment, or
				  both.
9. The use of profanity or
				  verbal abuse by station owners, managers, or safety inspectors toward each
				  other or directed at customers presenting their vehicles for
				  inspection.
10. Illegal use of
				  inspection supplies such as stealing, selling, mailing or giving away, or the
				  attempt thereof.
11. Nonpayment of
				  inspection fees.
12. Conduct
				  displayed by station owners, managers, or safety inspectors that may be rude or
				  discourteous, or the use of profanity or verbal abuse directed at or toward
				  Safety Division Personnel.
13.
				  Failure of any person connected with the inspection program to notify their
				  supervising trooper or Safety Division Area Office within 72 hours of an arrest
				  for a criminal offense or the institution of civil action.
14. Any misuse or falsification of the
				  automated Motor Vehicle Inspection Program (MVIP) system through neglect, or
				  intentionally allowing an assigned password or personal identification number
				  (PIN) to be used by other persons.
15. Willfully obtaining computer services
				  without proper authority from the safety officer.
16. Failure to adequately explain and
				  differentiate, both orally and in writing, to customers what repairs are
				  necessary to pass the safety inspection and those repairs that are only
				  recommended. Each station shall explicitly (not fine print) convey to each
				  customer when his vehicle will be examined beyond the parameters of the state
				  inspection and empower the customer with the ability to decline this
				  service.
17. Allowing a suspended
				  or revoked safety inspector to perform predelivery inspections (PDIs) or have
				  access to inspection supplies, which may be grounds for suspension or
				  revocation of the station appointment and an additional suspension or
				  revocation for the inspector.