§ 40.1-118. Authority of Council
The Council may:
1. Determine standards for apprentice agreements, which standards shall not be lower than those prescribed by this chapter;
2. Appoint the secretary of the Apprenticeship Council to act as secretary of each state joint apprenticeship committee;
3. Approve, if in their opinion approval is for the best interest of the apprentice, any apprentice agreement which meets the standards established under this chapter;
4. Terminate or cancel any apprentice agreement in accordance with the provisions of such agreement;
5. Keep a record of apprentice agreements and their disposition;
6. Issue certificates of journeymanship upon the completion of the apprenticeship;
7. Perform such other duties as are necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter;
8. Review decisions of local and state joint apprenticeship committees adjusting apprenticeship disputes pursuant to § 40.1-119 c 3;
9. Initiate deregistration proceedings when the apprenticeship program is not conducted, operated and administered in accordance with the registered provisions except that deregistration proceedings for violation of equal opportunity requirements shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia State Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship; and
10. Advise the State Board for Community Colleges on policies to coordinate apprenticeship-related instruction delivered by state and local public education agencies.
(Code 1950, § 40-124; 1970, c. 321; 1978, c. 206; 1990, c. 614; 1996, cc. 134, 486.)
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