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: Jeffrey Chase.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend definitions in 18VAC115-20-10 and requirements for a degree program in counseling in 18VAC115-20-49 to accept master's degree graduates of a non-CACREP clinical-counseling psychology program.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: In accordance with Virginia law, the petition will be filed with the Register of Regulations and published on November 4, 2013, with comment requested until December 4, 2013. It will also be placed on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall and available for comments to be posted electronically. At its first meeting following the close of comment, the board will consider the request to amend regulations and all comment received in support or opposition.

Public Comment Deadline: December 4, 2013.

Agency Contact: Elaine Yeatts, Agency Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Henrico, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4688, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R14-02, Filed October 15, 2013, 9:48 a.m.