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Virginia Boating Safety Education

VIRGINIA BOATING SAFETY EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

www.dgif.virginia.gov/boating/education/boating-safety-education-requirement.asp
 
In 2007, the Virginia General Assembly enacted a law to establish a boating safety education compliance requirement. This requirement does not apply to law enforcement officers while engaged in their official duties. The requirement for boating safety education is phased-in over several years and applies to all PWC operators and operators of motorboats of 10 horsepower or greater according to the following schedule:
 
1.                  PWC operators 20 years of age or younger shall meet the requirements by July 1, 2009;
2.                  PWC operators 35 years of age or younger shall meet the requirements by July 1, 2010;
3.                  PWC operators 50 years of age or younger and motorboat operators 20 years of age or younger shall meet the requirements by July 1, 2011;
4.                  All PWC operators, regardless of age, and motorboat operators 30 years of age or younger shall meet the requirements by July 1, 2012;
5.                  Motorboat operators 40 years of age or younger shall meet the requirements by July 1, 2013;
6.                  Motorboat operators 45 years of age or younger shall meet the requirements by July 1, 2014;
7.                  Motorboat operators 50 years of age or younger shall meet the requirements by July 1, 2015;
8.                  Motorboat operators, regardless of age shall meet the requirements by July 1, 2016.
 
A person shall be considered in compliance with the requirement for boating safety education if he/she meets one or more of the following provisions:
 
1.                  Completes and passes a boating safety education course that is approved by NASBLA and accepted by the Department;
2.                  Passes an equivalency exam;
3.                  Possesses a valid license to operate a vessel issued to maritime personnel by the United States Coast Guard or a marine certificate issued by the Canadian government or possesses a Canadian Pleasure Craft Operator’s Card;
4.                  Possesses a temporary operator’s certificate;
5.                  Possesses a rental or lease agreement from a motorboat rental or leasing business, which lists the person as the authorized operator or the motorboat, and has also completed the Dockside Safety Checklist;
6.                  Operates the motorboat under onboard direct supervision of a person who meets the compliance requirements;
7.                  Is a non-resident, is temporarily using the waters of Virginia for a period not to exceed 90 days, and meets any applicable boating safety education requirements of the state of residency, or possesses a Canadian Pleasure Craft Operator’s Card;
8.                  Has assumed operation of the motorboat due to the illness or physical impairment of the initial operator, and is returning the motorboat to shore in order to provide assistance or care for the operator;
9.                  Is registered as a commercial fisherman pursuant to the Code of Virginia or is under the onboard direct supervision of the commercial fisherman while operating the commercial fisherman’s boat.           
  

 VIRGINIA SAFE BOATING COURSE

 

Course Cost and Student Guide are both Free
Classes are from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
There will be a 1 hour lunch break.
Class size is limited and on a first-come-first-served basis. To register: By phone or E-mail, provide your first name (no nicknames), middle initial, last name, suffix (Jr., III, etc.), street address, city, state, zip code, home phone, class date desired.
 
To register: Call 434-636-0112 or Email: BoatSafeClass@aol.com
 
Reminder: For PWC operators who were twenty years of age or younger on July 1, 2009, enforcement of the new Boating Safety Law requirement will commence on that date (for all other boaters, successful completion of this class also attains the same course completion wallet card but it will not be required until the recipients reach their respective age bracket as the law continues to phase-in on a year-by-year basis until all boaters finally come under its purview in 2016.
 
Lunch: In Clarksville, numerous restaurants are located within a mile and half area. In both South Hill and Boydton, a vehicle will be needed to get to restaurants or bring your own box lunch.
 
No smoking is allowed in the classrooms.
 
 
Boydton courses will be held at – U. S. Army Corps or Engineers, Visitors Center Conference Room, 1930 Mays Chapel Road (1/2 mile west of Kerr Dam), Boydton, VA
 
Class Dates
Saturday – April 10, 2010
 
 
Clarksville courses will be held at – Clarksville Volunteer Fire Department at 1008 Virginia Avenue (Highway 58 Business), Clarksville, VA
 
Class Dates
Saturday – May 1, 2010
 
 
South Hill courses will held at – Southside Rescue Squad at 810 W. Atlantic Street (Highway 47), South Hill, VA – Please park across street from the front of the Squad building
 
Class Dates
Saturday – May 22, 2010
 
 
Sponsored by: The Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries 804-367-1278 www.dgif.virginia.gov