TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC125-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Psychology.

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

Name of Petitioner: Mary E. Olbrisch, Ph.D.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend regulations for a residency to allow residents to count the hours of experience obtained while securing necessary documentation for the application and awaiting board approval.

Agency's Plan for Disposition of the Request: The board will discuss the petition at its meeting on October 6, 2009, and make a decision on whether to include the issue in its periodic review or initiate other regulatory action.

Public comments may be submitted until October 28, 2009.

Agency Contact: Evelyn B. Brown, Executive Director, Board of Psychology, 9960 Mayland Drive, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4488, FAX (804) 527-4435, or email evelyn.brown@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R10-03; Filed September 4, 2009, 12:08 p.m.