TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
BOARD OF PHARMACY
Agency Decision
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 Decision: Granted.
Statement of Reason for Decision: The Board of Pharmacy received three petitions for rulemaking from hospital pharmacists requesting an amendment to #5 of 18VAC110-20-490 in Chapter 20, which provides requirements for automated devices for dispensing and administration of drugs. The petitioners requested less burdensome requirements for verification of storage, location, expiration dates, drug security, and validity of access codes. While the board agreed that the petition was reasonable and the specific requirements in #5 may need to be modified for consistency with current technology, it concluded that all of 18VAC110-20-490 should be examined for possible amendments that would ensure drug security and integrity but would make compliance less burdensome.
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 September 29, 2011, 3:29 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: Michael Hayter.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend 18VAC140-20-50, relating to requirements for supervision, to clarify the status of an individual who has completed supervision but has not passed the examination for LCSW licensure. Such individual should not be in the status of a "supervisee in social work" and should be exempt from providing information to his previous clinical supervisor.
Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition was filed with the Register of Regulations and will be published on October 24, 2011, with a request for comment to be received until November 15, 2011. The petition will also be posted for comment on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. At the next meeting held after the close of the comment period, the board will consider the petition and any comment received to decide whether or not to initiate the rule-making process.
Public Comment Deadline: November 15, 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. R12-06; Filed September 21, 2011, 4:20 p.m.
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC140-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-3708 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Grace K. Nozaki.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: Regulations should define real-time webinars as Category 1 continuing education.
Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition was filed with the Register of Regulations and will be published on October 24, 2011, with a request for comment to be received until November 15, 2011. At the next meeting held after the close of the comment period, the board will consider the petition and any comment received to decide whether or not to initiate the rule-making process.
Public Comment Deadline: November 15, 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. R12-09; Filed October 5, 2011, 8:56 a.m.