TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF MEDICINE

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC85-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatry, and Chiropractic.

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

Name of Petitioner: Bernadette Lozano.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the board amend 18VAC85-20 to insert a requirement that a practitioner must disclose the serial number, manufactured date, and expiration date information of a medical implant device upon discharge from a hospital or surgery center when one has been inserted.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on February 23, 2026. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall to receive public comment, which opens February 23, 2026, and closes March 16, 2026. The Board of Medicine 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 April 3, 2026. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: March 16, 2026.

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, fax (804) 915-0382, or email erin.barrett@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. PFR26-21; Filed February 2, 2026, 8:46 a.m.