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 and 54.1-3223 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Weston Pack.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To add an investigative ophthalmic drop to the approved formulary of drugs that may be prescribed by an optometrist.
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 June 7, 2021. Comment on the petition may be sent by email or postal mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. Public comment will be requested until July 7, 2021. 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 for July 16, 2021, and the petitioner will be informed of the board's decision after that meeting.
Public Comment Deadline: July 7, 2021.
Agency Contact: Leslie L. Knachel, Executive Director, Board of Optometry, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 597-4130, or email leslie.knachel@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR21-34; Filed May 6, 2021, 12:15 p.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: Courtney Fuller.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend 18VAC110-20-460 and 18VAC110-20-490 to allow (i) a pharmacist at a central distribution company to verify Schedule VI drugs to be placed in an automated dispensing device (ADD) prior to delivery to the receiving hospital and (ii) pharmacy technicians at the hospital to load the drugs directly into the ADD without further verification by a pharmacist at the hospital.
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 June 7, 2021. Comment on the petition may be sent by email or postal mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. Public comment will be requested until July 7, 2021. 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 next meeting following the close of comment.
Public Comment Deadline: July 7, 2021.
Agency Contact: Caroline Juran, RPh, Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4456, or email caroline.juran@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR21-33; Filed May 6, 2021, 9:56 a.m.