Years ago, a Virginia producer already received a temporary license following a period of disability. The agency now faces another qualifying situation and asks whether the producer can simply obtain another temporary license. What limit does Virginia law impose?

Why A is correct

Va. Code § 38.2-1830 limits temporary licenses to one per license type per lifetime. A producer who has already used the temporary license for a given license type cannot obtain a second one merely because another qualifying event occurs, though the Commission retains discretion to renew the existing temporary license. The once-per-lifetime rule prevents the temporary mechanism from becoming a permanent substitute for full licensure.

Why the other options are wrong

• B) Qualifying events do not reset the count; the limit is one temporary license per license type per lifetime under Va. Code § 38.2-1830.
• C) Renewal is a matter of Commission discretion, not an automatic rollover of the 180-day term.
• D) No waiting-period mechanic exists in the statute; the constraint is the lifetime limit itself.

Memory hook

One temporary lifeline per license type, once in a lifetime — the Commission alone can extend it.