TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
BOARD OF PHARMACY
Agency Decision
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: Renae M. Cregger.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests exempting automated dispensing systems exclusively stocked with drugs that would be kept in a stat-drug box pursuant to 18VAC110-20-550 or an emergency drug kit pursuant to 18VAC110-20-540 and are solely administered for stat or emergency use from the requirements of subdivisions 1, 4 a, and 4 b of 18VAC110-20-555.
Agency Decision: Request granted.
Statement of Reason for Decision: The Board of Pharmacy will issue a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action for the consideration of a rulemaking to permit the use of automated dispensing devices for certain medications that may be currently stored in emergency drug kits or stat-drug boxes.
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. PFR22-23; Filed June 6, 2022, 2:41 p.m.
BOARD OF COUNSELING
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC115-80. Regulations Governing the Registration of Qualified Mental Health Professionals.
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400, 54.1-3500, and 54.1-3505 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: James Conner.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that individuals be permitted to become registered as qualified mental health providers based solely on experience rather than college or graduate education.
Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on July 4, 2022. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. The Board of Counseling will request public comment from July 4, 2022, to August 3, 2022.
The board will consider the petition at the next meeting scheduled after the close of the comment period. Currently, the board's next meeting after the comment period closes is scheduled for September 16, 2022.
Public Comment Deadline: August 3, 2022.
Agency Contact: Jaime Hoyle, Executive Director, Board of Counseling, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Henrico, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4406, or email jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR22-35; Filed June 13, 2022, 10:34 a.m.
BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC150-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Veterinary Medicine.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Mark Cushing.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Veterinary Medicine amend 18VAC150-20-120 to remove the requirement that applicants for licensure by endorsement have regularly engaged in clinical practice for at least two of the previous four years. The petitioner states that removing this requirement could help address veterinarian shortages and would put Virginia in line with 20 other states that do not require clinical practice for licensure by endorsement.
Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on July 4, 2022. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment from July 4, 2022, to August 3, 2022. The board will consider the petition and all comments in support or opposition at its next board meeting after the close of the comment period, which is currently scheduled for October 13, 2022.
Public Comment Deadline: August 3, 2022.
Agency Contact: Leslie L. Knachel, Executive Director, Board of Veterinary Medicine, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Henrico, VA 23233, telephone (804) 597-4130, or email leslie.knachel@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR22-33; Filed June 6, 2022, 8:45 a.m.