TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC112-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Physical Therapy.

Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3475 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Rosemarie Curley.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To add the National Strength and Conditioning Association to list of organizations approved as continuing education providers.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Registrar of Regulations and will be published on November 12, 2018. Comment on the petition may be sent by email or regular mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at http://www.townhall.virginia.gov. Comment will be requested until December 12, 2018. Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend regulations, the board will decide whether to make any changes to the regulatory language. This matter will be on the board's agenda for its meeting scheduled for February 19, 2019, and the petitioner will be informed of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: December 12, 2018.

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. R19-14; Filed October 10, 2018, 2:32 p.m.