TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
BOARD OF OPTOMETRY
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC105-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Optometry.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Dillis Lee.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend regulations for standards of practice relating to the requirement of an optometrist for a patient to sign a contract agreement without informed consent about the procedures and examinations to be performed.
Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Register of Regulations and will be published on March 12, 2012. Comment on the petition may be sent by email, regular mail, or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov; comment will be accepted until April 5, 2012. Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend 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 next meeting scheduled on May 9, 2012.
Public Comment Deadline: April 5, 2012.
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. R12-18; Filed February 13, 2012, 8:45 a.m.
BOARD OF PHARMACY
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC110-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy.
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3307 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Kristen Barratt, R.Ph.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To adopt regulations similar to those in North Carolina and West Virginia that establish a limitation on the number of hours a pharmacist can work continuously and a requirement for breaks during a shift.
Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: Comment on the petition may be sent by email, regular mail, or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend regulations, the board will decide whether to make any changes to the regulatory language in Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy. This matter will be on the board's agenda for its meeting on June 12, 2012, and the petitioner will be informed of the board's decision after that meeting.
Public Comment Deadline: April 15, 2012.
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. R12-19; Filed February 22, 2012, 1:53 p.m.