2/22/2016 2:31 pm Date / Time filed with the Register of Regulations | VA.R. Document Number: R____-______ |
Virginia Register Publication Information
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Transmittal Sheet: Response to Petition for Rulemaking
Initial Agency Notice
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Agency Decision
Promulgating Board: | Board of Veterinary Medicine |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Elaine J. Yeatts (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Elaine J. Yeatts Agency regulatory coordinator (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive Henrico, VA 23233 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 150 - 20: | Regulations Governing the Practice of Veterinary Medicine |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapter 38 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 10/13/2015 |
Petitioner | Amy Schlake |
To amend the definition of surgery to allow veterinary technicians to perform single
layer closure of the gingival flap created by a veterinarian.
Agency Plan
The petition will be published on November 2, 2015 in the Register of Regulations
and also posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to
receive public comment ending December 2, 2015.
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 first meeting after the comment period, which is
tentatively scheduled for February 10, 2016.
Publication Date | 11/02/2015 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 12/02/2015 |
Take no action
Agency Response Date | 02/22/2016 |
At its meeting on February 10, 2016, the Board considered the petition and all comments
in favor of and in opposition to the request for an amendment. Its conclusion was
that closure of the gingival flap involves tissue and is different from a skin closure.
While the procedure can be simple in some cases, it is often complex and difficult
to achieve the desired result. The Board has affirmed its guidance on the allowable
duties of a veterinary technician adopted in Guidance Document 150-2 in February of
2015, in which it stated that: The Board determined that oral mucosa is not skin,
therefore, an LVT would not be permitted to perform closure of a previously created
gingival flap.