TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF OPTOMETRY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC105-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Optometry.

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

Name of Petitioner: Jena Jung, O.D.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend regulations to allow a practitioner to request inactive licensure. The petitioner would also like for the board to reactivate an inactive license for military persons or spouses at no additional cost.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Registrar of Regulations and will be published on December 25, 2017. Comment on the petition may be sent by email or regular mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov; comment will be requested until January 24, 2018. Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend regulations, the board will decide whether to make any changes to the regulatory language. This matter will be on the board's agenda for its next meeting scheduled for March 2, 2018.

Public Comment Deadline: January 24, 2018.

Agency Contact: Leslie L. Knachel, Executive Director, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4508, or email leslie.knachel@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R18-13; Filed December 5, 2017, 2:10 p.m.