TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC65-30. Regulations for Preneed Funeral Planning.

Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 and Chapter 28 of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Jessica Watkins.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend regulations for preneed contracts to prevent circumstances, such as the closure of a funeral establishment, that result in the loss of funding for a family member's funeral.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition will be published on September 3, 2018, in the Virginia Register of Regulations and posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall to receive public comment ending October 2, 2018. The matter will be on the board's agenda for its first meeting after the comment period, which is scheduled for October 16, 2018. The petitioner will be informed of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: October 2, 2018.

Agency Contact: Corie Tillman Wolf, Executive Director, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4479, or email fanbd@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R19-02; Filed August 6, 2018, 11:23 a.m.