TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

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: Florine Edmunds.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To extend the requirement for passage of the licensing examination and allow an additional one to three years for remediation, training, and equitable opportunities. To reduce the passing score by 10 points and provide study sheets for retaking examination.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition will be published on February 15, 2021, with a comment period ending March 10, 2021. The board will consider the petition and any comment received at its meeting on March 12, 2021.

Public Comment Deadline: March 10, 2021.

Agency Contact: Jaime Hoyle, Executive Director, Board of Social Work, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA, 23233, telephone (804) 367-4406, or email jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. PFR21-337; Filed January 26, 2021, 3:03 p.m.