TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

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: Jennifer Faison, Virginia Association of Community Service Boards.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Counseling amend 18VAC115-80-40 C 1 and 18VAC115-80-50 C 1 to allow qualified mental health professionals (QMHPs) to provide supervision of QMHP-trainees. QMHPs qualified to provide such supervision would have two or more years of experience and be specifically trained for supervision.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on August 1, 2022, and on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall. Public comment will open August 1, 2022, and close August 31, 2022. The Board of Counseling will consider the petition and all comments in support or opposition at its meeting currently scheduled for September 16, 2022. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: August 31, 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. PFR22-40; Filed July 1, 2022, 9:41 a.m.