TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF COUNSELING

Initial Agency Notice

Titles of Regulations: 18VAC115-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling.

18VAC115-50. Regulations Governing the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3506 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Sharon Watson.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Counseling amend 18VAC115-20-52 C 2 and 18VAC115-50-60 C 3 to require that supervisors complete two hours of continuing education in residency and supervision requirements and related supervisory ethical issues as part of required annual continuing education for licensed professional counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on September 9, 2024. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which opens September 9, 2024, and closes October 9, 2024. The board will consider the petition and all comments in support or opposition at the next meeting after the close of public comment. That meeting is currently scheduled for January 24, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: October 9, 2024.

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. PFR25-04; Filed August 12, 2024, 7:34 a.m.