TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC65-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Funeral Services.

Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-2803 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Jon Gary Henninger.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers amend 18VAC65-20-580 to exempt certain religious funeral homes that do not practice embalming from the requirement to equip preparation rooms with the instruments and apparatus of embalming under subdivision 6 of 18VAC65-20-580.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on October 7, 2024. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which opens October 7, 2024, and closes November 6, 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 14, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: November 6, 2024.

Agency Contact: Corie Tillman Wolf, Executive Director, Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Henrico, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4479, or email fanbd@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. PFR25-06; Filed September 09, 2024, 9:59 a.m.