A. Each designer, who prepares drawings and plans for projects requiring excavation or demolition work, may notify the notification center and provide the center with the information required by § 56-265.18 and the designer's professional license number.
B. If a designer notifies the notification center to receive underground utility line information in accordance with § 56-265.17:3, the designer shall:
1. Indicate on the construction drawings, the type of underground utility lines, the horizontal location of these lines as provided by the operators, and the names of the operators of these lines;
2. Consider, when designing a project and preparing drawings therefor, the location of existing underground lines so as to minimize damage or interference with the existing facilities;
3. Indicate, on the construction plans or drawings, the designer ticket number and the notification center's toll-free number; and
4. Request only one designer ticket per project through the notification center at no cost.
2002, c. 841.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 56 - Public Service Companies
Chapter 10.3 - Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act
§ 56-265.15. Definitions; calculation of time periods
§ 56-265.15:1. Exemptions; routine maintenance
§ 56-265.16:1. Operators to join notification centers; certification
§ 56-265.17:1. Notification and procedures for designers
§ 56-265.17:2. Procedures for project owners
§ 56-265.17:3. Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice
§ 56-265.18. Notification requirements
§ 56-265.19. Duties of operator; regulations
§ 56-265.19:1. Private sewer laterals and sewer system laterals
§ 56-265.20:1. Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines
§ 56-265.22:1. Meetings between excavators and operators
§ 56-265.24. Duties of excavator
§ 56-265.25. Liability of operator and excavator; penalties
§ 56-265.26:1. Utility line depth requirement
§ 56-265.28. Sovereign immunity
§ 56-265.29. Other similar laws
§ 56-265.30. Authority of the State Corporation Commission