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 54.1-3505 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: James Honeycutt.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Counseling amend 18VAC115-20-52 C 3 and 18VAC115-50-60 C 3 to allow previous clinical experience obtained by a licensed professional counselor or licensed marriage and family therapist who is also a licensed psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, or psychiatrist to satisfy the requirements for two years of post-licensure clinical experience.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on September 23, 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 23, 2024, and closes October 23, 2024. The board will consider the petition and all comments in support or opposition at the next meeting after the close of public comment, currently scheduled for January 24, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: October 23, 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. PFR25-05; Filed August 26, 2024, 8:42 a.m.