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  • Military and Veterans Services

    DPOR stands ready to assist veterans and active-duty military personnel as they maintain or transition to civilian careers requiring professional credentials.

    Active-duty military personnel and their spouses having served outside the U.S., as well as certain diplomatic service members and veterans, may be eligible to receive up to a five-year extension for meeting license renewal requirements (pursuant to Section 54.1-117 of the Code of Virginia).

    Spouses of active-duty military personnel assigned to a duty station in Virginia are eligible for expedited processing using the Military Spouse Expedited License Application (PDF). A temporary, non-renewable 12-month license for certain military spouses licensed in another state who need more time to meet Virginia-specific requirements is also an option if necessary. [Section 54.1-119] 

    For honorably discharged veterans, “substantially equivalent” military training, education, or experience may be credited toward certain license requirements (pursuant to Section 54.1-118). In addition, the Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs may reimburse veterans for the cost of license or certification exams. See the VA Pamphlet 22-02-1 for more information.

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    Professions and Occupations

    Visit the appropriate Board page for information, forms and applications specific to each license type.

    Please choose from the following regulated professions and occupations:

    • Architects 
    • Asbestos Workers 
    • Auctioneers 
    • Backflow Prevention Device Workers (Tradesmen) 
    • Barbers 
    • Body Piercers 
    • Boxers (Professional) 
    • Branch Pilots 
    • Cemetery Salespersons 
    • Common Interest Community Managers  
    • Contractors 
    • Cosmetologists 
    • Electricians (Tradesmen)  
    • Elevator Mechanics (Tradesmen)  
    • Estheticians 
    • Fair Housing 
    • Gas Fitters (Tradesmen)  
    • Geologists  
    • Hearing Aid Specialists 
    • Home Inspectors 
    • HVAC (Tradesmen)  
    • Interior Designers 
    • Landscape Architects
     
    • Land Surveyors & Photogrammetrists 
    • Lead Abatement Workers 
    • Martial Artists 
    • Nail Technicians 
    • Natural Gas Auto Mechanics & Technicians 
    • Onsite Sewage System Professionals 
    • Opticians 
    • Plumbers (Tradesmen)  
    • Polygraph Examiners 
    • Professional Engineers 
    • Real Estate Appraisers 
    • Real Estate Salespeople & Brokers 
    • Residential Building Energy Analysts 
    • Soil Scientists, Professional 
    • Tattooists 
    • Waste Management Facility Operators 
    • Wastewater Works Operators 
    • Water Well System Providers (Tradesmen) 
    • Waterworks Operators 
    • Wax Technicians 
    • Wetland Delineators 
    • Wrestlers (Professional) 
     

     Go to the Regulant Population List for the most recent number of regulated individuals/businesses by license type. 

    Boards

    • Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects 
    • Asbestos, Lead & Home Inspectors 
    • Auctioneers 
    • Barbers and Cosmetology 
    • Boxing, Martial Arts, and Professional Wrestling 
    • Branch Pilots 
    • Cemetery 
    • Common Interest Community 
    • Contractors 
    • Fair Housing Board
     
    • Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians 
    • Natural Gas Auto Mechanics & Technicians 
    • Polygraph Examiners 
    • Professional and Occupational Regulation 
    • Real Estate 
    • Real Estate Appraisers 
    • Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists 
    • Tradesmen 
    • Waste Management Facility Operators 
    • Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals 
     

    Go to the Regulant Population List for the most recent number of regulated individuals/businesses by license type. 

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