TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
BOARD OF MEDICINE
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC85-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatry, and Chiropractic.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2900 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Dr. Kenneth Knox.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend regulations to allow a chiropractor who has been practicing for five or more years in another state to be licensed if he has passed Parts I, II, and III of the board examination and has failed Part IV but has a score of 375 on the Special Purpose Examination for Chiropractic.
Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend the regulations, the board will decide whether to make any changes to the regulatory language. This matter will be on the board's agenda for its meeting on August 5, 2011, and the petitioner will be informed of the board's decision on the request after that meeting.
Public Comment Deadline: July 20, 2011.
Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, Agency Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4688, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. R11-44; Filed May 23, 2011, 11:36 a.m.
BOARD OF PHARMACY
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC110-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy.
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-3300 and 54.1-3400 of the Code of Virginia.
Names of Petitioners: Karen Dunavant, Courtney Fuller, and Annette Reichenbaugh.
Nature of Petitioners' Requests: Amend requirement for monthly inspection of automated dispensing devices by pharmacy personnel to verify proper storage, location of drugs, expiration dates, drug security, and validity of access codes.
Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: The board will publish the petition on June 20, 2011, and request 21 days of public comment ending July 11, 2011. The board will consider the petition and comments received at its meeting on September 22, 2011, to determine whether to initiate a regulatory action.
Public Comment Deadline: July 11, 2011.
Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, Agency Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4688, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. R11-45; Filed May 27, 2011, 2:19 p.m.