TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
BOARD FOR BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGY
Agency Decision
Title of Regulation: 18VAC41-70. Esthetics Regulations.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Christine Werne.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: Amend 18VAC41-70-270 C 4 to allow an esthetics facility to make use of bathroom space that is not exclusive to its clients, as long as the bathroom is geographically close to the facility and the facility takes responsibility for the sanitation and safety requirements of the bathroom.
Agency Decision: Request denied.
Statement of Reason for Decision: The board agrees with the policy change suggested in the petition, but the petition excludes several professions that are also impacted by the petition's specified regulatory requirement. The board rejects the petition because the petition as written would exclude four other professions from the benefits of the proposal. The board intends to reconsider this proposal but encompassing all professions under the board at its March 2022 meeting.
Agency Contact: Stephen Kirschner, Executive Director, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 400, Richmond, VA, 23233, telephone (804) 367-8590, or email barbercosmo@dpor.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR22-12; Filed January 20, 2022, 1:21 p.m.
BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK
Agency Decision
Title of Regulation: 18VAC140-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Adrian Rodriguez.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: Amend 18VAC140-20-45 to allow long years of experience to count as supervised experience for licensure.
Agency Decision: Request denied.
Statement of Reason for Decision: The petition was considered by the Board of Social Work at its meeting on January 14, 2022. While the board is proposing changes to its regulations for licensure by endorsement to eliminate requirements for active practice in another jurisdiction, the board did not choose to eliminate the requirement for supervised clinical experience if the practitioner does not already hold a clinical license in the other jurisdiction. Therefore, the board determined it would take no action on the petition.
Agency Contact: Jaime Hoyle, Executive Director, Board of Social Work, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA, 23233, telephone (804) 367-4406, or email jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR21-38; Filed January 14, 2022, 2:52 p.m.
Agency Decision
Title of Regulation: 18VAC140-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Adeyola Hendrickson.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: Delete the requirement of passage of a board-approved national exam for applicants with a licensed clinical social worker license in another state applying for licensure by endorsement.
Agency Decision: Request granted.
Statement of Reason for Decision: The petition was considered by the Board of Social Work at its meeting on January 14, 2022. The board has begun the regulatory action to propose acceptance of a state examination if the national exam was not required at the time a social worker was initially licensed in the other state. During the process of promulgating amendments to the regulation, the board will consider acceptance of licensure by endorsement for applicants with lengthy experience who were grandfathered without examination in another state.
Agency Contact: Jaime Hoyle, Executive Director, Board of Social Work, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA, 23233, telephone (804) 367-4406, or email jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR21-40; Filed January 14, 2022, 2:53 p.m.