TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC95-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Nursing Home Administrators.

Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3102 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Bertha Simmons.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Long-Term Care Administrators amend 18VAC95-20-310 to allow content in an assisted living facility administrator-in-training (AIT) program that is similar to required content for a nursing home administrator AIT program also count toward a nursing home administrator AIT program.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on March 24, 2025. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which opens March 24, 2025, and closes April 23, 2025. 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 June 24, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: April 23, 2025.

Agency Contact: Corie Tillman Wolf, Executive Director, Board of Long-Term Care Administrators, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Henrico, VA 23233-1463, telephone (804) 367-4595, FAX (804) 527-4413, or email corie.wolf@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. PFR25-32; Filed February 21, 2025, 9:25 a.m.