PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING

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: Janet Swartz, National Glaucoma Society.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend 18VAC105-20-70 to add the National Glaucoma Society to the list of approved providers of continuing education or to include a new category for nonprofit optometric organizations.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Registrar of Regulations and will be published on November 27, 2017. Comment on the petition may be sent by email or regular mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov; comment will be requested until December 20, 2017. 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 following comment, scheduled for March 2, 2018.

Public Comment Deadline: December 20, 2017.

Agency Contact: Leslie L. Knachel, Executive Director, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4508, or email leslie.knachel@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R18-09; Filed October 31, 2017, 3:02 p.m.