PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING
Vol. 25 Iss. 9 - January 05, 2009

TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF DENTISTRY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC60-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene.

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

Name of Petitioner: Alden S. Anderson, III.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend 18VAC60-20-50 to allow the Roanoke Valley Dental Society to present continuing education programs without being affiliated with local organizations to be an approved sponsor.

Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: The board is requesting public comment on the petition to amend rules to recognize the Roanoke Valley Dental Society as a continuing education provider.  Comment will be considered and a decision made on the petitioner's request at the board meeting scheduled for March 13, 2009.

Comments may be submitted until February 4, 2009.

Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, Agency Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4688, FAX (804) 527-4434, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R09-10; Filed December 9, 2008, 3:32 p.m.

BOARD OF MEDICINE

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC85-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatry and Chiropractic.

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

Name of Petitioner: Dr. Percy Ramos.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend 18VAC85-20-122 to allow practice as a medical doctor in another state with an unrestricted license for a certain number of years to be counted in lieu of one of the two years of postgraduate training for graduates of nonapproved medical schools.

Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: The board will receive public comment on the petition for rulemaking and will consider any public comment and the petition at a meeting of the board on February 19, 2009.

Comments may be submitted until February 4, 2009.

Agency Contact: William L. Harp, M.D., Executive Director, Board of Medicine, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233-1463, telephone (804) 367-4621, FAX (804) 527-4426, or email william.harp@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R09-09; Filed December 4, 2008, 2:22 p.m.