TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC30-21. Regulations Governing Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.

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

Name of Petitioner: Melanie-Joy Dorn.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests the Board of Audiology And Speech-Language Pathology eliminate 18VAC30-21-60 A 2 c, which was part of a recently created pathway to licensure in Virginia that was made as part of the board's regulatory reduction goal of reducing requirements to obtain a license in Virginia. This pathway became effective in February 2025 and allows an applicant to qualify for licensure without holding a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on July 14, 2025. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which opens July 14, 2025, and closes August 13, 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 December 9, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: August 13, 2025.

Agency Contact: Kelli Moss, Executive Director, Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Henrico, VA, 23233, telephone (804) 597-4132, or email kelli.moss@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. PFR25-46; Filed June 17, 2025, 1:33 p.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 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 to also count toward a nursing home administrator AIT program.

Agency Decision: Request denied.

Statement of Reason for Decision: At its June 24, 2025, meeting, the board voted to take no action on the petition and instead consider those amendments as part of the periodic review that the board will be conducting in the coming months.

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. PFR25-45; Filed February 21, 2025, 9:25 a.m.