TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC150-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Veterinary Medicine.

Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Rena Allen.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: An amendment to 18VAC150-20-172 B to replace the restriction on insertion of IV catheters by unlicensed assistants with a restriction on placement of jugular catheters, and an amendment to 18VAC150-20-172 C to allow delegation of peripheral intravenous catheters under immediate supervision of a veterinarian.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition will be published in the Register of Regulations on May 15, 2017, and posted on Virginia Regulatory Town Hall with a request for comment until June 8, 2017. The board will consider all comment at its meeting on June 13, 2017.

Public Comment Deadline: June 8, 2017.

Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804)367-4688, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R17-15; Filed April 20, 2017, 4:30 p.m.