TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF COUNSELING

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC115-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling.

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

Name of Petitioner: Ms. Corinne Schuman.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend regulations to separate the application fee and the licensing fee and allow the licensing fee to be refundable if an applicant is unable to complete the licensure process.

Agency's Plan for Disposition of the Request: The petition will be published in the Register of Regulations and circulated to interested parties for comment until September 1, 2010. Following the comment period, the board will consider the request for amendments at its next meeting scheduled for November 5, 2010.

Public Comment Deadline: September 1, 2010.

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. R10-74; Filed July 6, 2010, 4:20 p.m.