TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
BOARD OF COUNSELING
Initial Agency Notice
Titles of Regulations: 18VAC115-20. Regulations Governing Licensed Professional Counselors.
18VAC115-50. Regulations Governing Marriage and Family Therapists.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Dr. Roy Woodruff.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend regulations to recognize the American Association of Pastoral Counselors as a professional organization that can provide education and training required to qualify a licensee as a supervisor of residents.
Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations and circulated to interested parties for comment until June 10, 2009. Following the comment period, the board will consider the request for amendments at its next meeting scheduled for August 7, 2009.
Public Comments: Comments may be submitted until June 10, 2009.
Agency Contact: Evelyn B. Brown, Executive Director, Board of Counseling, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4441, FAX (804) 527-4435, or email evelyn.brown@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. R09-22; Filed April 23, 2009, 12:28 p.m.
BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK
Initial Agency Notice
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: Carol A. Gauzens.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend qualifications for supervisors to require a licensee wishing to provide supervision for a resident to complete and keep record of a one-time only (or renewable every 10 years, or must be renewed if supervisor has been inactive as a supervisor for five or more years) 14-contact hour or three-credit course in supervision. The supervisor shall be responsible for keeping on record proof of such course being completed.
Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations and circulated to interested parties for comment until June 10, 2009. Following the comment period, the board will consider the request for amendments at its next meeting scheduled for July 17, 2009.
Public Comments: Comments may be submitted until June 10, 2009.
Agency Contact: Evelyn B. Brown, Executive Director, Board of Social Work, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4441, FAX (804) 527-4435, or email evelyn.brown@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. R09-21; Filed April 14, 2009, 9:33 a.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: Michael Beattie.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To require social workers to perform 25 hours of public service and 25 hours of social justice service each biennium or pay a $1,000 fee that would be earmarked for awards to social workers who exemplify commitment to public service and social justice.
Agency Decision: Request denied.
Statement of Reasons for Decision: The board was advised that it did not have statutory authority to charge a fee for failure to perform hours of service each biennium and to designate the fees to grant awards to social workers for service.
Agency Contact: Evelyn B. Brown, Executive Director, Board of Social Work, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4441, FAX (804) 527-4435, or email evelyn.brown@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. R09-16; Filed April 20, 2009, 2:46 p.m.