TITLE
18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
BOARD OF COUNSELING
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC115-20.
Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of
Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Rev. Steven Giddens.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend 18VAC115-20-52
to eliminate the restriction on residents' ability to directly bill for their
services.
Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: In accordance
with Virginia law, the petition will be filed with the Registrar of Regulations
and published on September 30, 2019, with comment requested until October 25,
2019. It will also be placed on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall and available
for comments to be posted electronically. At its first meeting following the
close of the comment period, which is scheduled for November 1, 2019, the board
will consider the request to amend regulations and all comment received in
support or opposition. The board will inform the petitioner of its response and
any action it approves.
Public Comment Deadline: October 25, 2019.
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. R20-07; Filed September 10, 2019, 9:50 a.m.
BOARD OF DENTISTRY
Agency Decision
Title of Regulation: 18VAC60-21.
Regulations Governing the Practice of Dentistry.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of
Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Dagoberto Zapatero.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: Amendments to clarify
that a digital scan is the equivalent of a final impression if used to
fabricate an appliance to be inserted into a patient's mouth and to specify
that a patient-doctor relationship should be established in a face-to-face
encounter.
Agency Decision: No action.
Statement of Reason for Decision: On August 28, 2019,
the board received a request from the petitioner to withdraw his petition.
Therefore, the board will not take action on this petition.
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. R19-38; Filed September 4, 2019, 8:56 a.m.