TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
BOARD OF MEDICINE
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC85-120. Regulations Governing the Licensure of Athletic Trainers.
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-2957.4 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Michael Kotelnicki.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Medicine amend 18VAC85-120-110 to allow licensed athletic trainers to perform the modality of dry needling following training and screening by a physician.
Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on April 7, 2025. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which opens April 7, 2025, and closes May 7, 2025. 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 June 26, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.
Public Comment Deadline: May 7, 2025.
Agency Contact: Erin Barrett, Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Department of Health Professions, Perimeter Center, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Henrico, VA 23233, telephone (804) 750-3912, or email erin.barrett@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR25-33; Filed March 3, 2025, 9:22 a.m.
BOARD OF LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS
Agency Decision
Title of Regulation: 18VAC95-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Nursing Home Administrators.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Ashley Pressman.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Long-Term Care Administrators amend 18VAC95-20-380 to allow overseers of training facilities to serve as preceptors even if the potential preceptor has not served as the administrator of record for a minimum of two of the past three years prior to registration.
Agency Decision: Request denied.
Statement of Reason for Decision: At its March 11, 2025, meeting, the Board of Long-Term Care Administrators decided to take no action on the petition. The board has been engaged in an administrator-in-training support work group and has also held a regulatory advisory panel to recommend regulatory changes to the board for consideration. Those recommendations, which will come before the full board in June, contain changes that are in line with the petition. As a result, the recommended amendment will be rolled into the recommendations to the full board.
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, or email corie.wolf@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR25-36; Filed December 14, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
BOARD OF COUNSELING
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC115-60. Regulations Governing the Practice of Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioners.
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3505 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Sharon Toliver-Hardy.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Counseling amend 18VAC115-60-90 to permit licensed clinical social workers licensed for 10 years or more who also hold a certification as a substance abuse counselor and have practiced within the last five years to have the examination requirement to become a licensed substance abuse treatment provider waived, similar to an exemption for licensed professional counselors applying to become licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners.
Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on April 7, 2025. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which opens April 7, 2025, and closes May 7, 2025. 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 July 25, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.
Public Comment Deadline: May 7, 2025.
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. PFR25-34; Filed March 7, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC140-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Khidhra Poole.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the Board of Social Work amend 18VAC140-20-45 to require applicants for licensure by endorsement to take the national examination if the originating jurisdiction did not require examination for licensure.
Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on April 7, 2025. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which opens April 7, 2025, and closes April 28, 2025. 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 June 6, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.
Public Comment Deadline: April 28, 2025.
Agency Contact: Jaime Hoyle, Executive Director, Board of Social Work, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Henrico, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4441, or email jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. PFR25-35; Filed March 7, 2025, 2:37 p.m.