| 4/5/2016 9:55 am Date / Time filed with the Register of Regulations | VA.R. Document Number: R____-______ |
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Virginia Register Publication Information
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Transmittal Sheet: Response to Petition for Rulemaking
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Initial Agency Notice
Agency Decision
| Promulgating Board: | Board of 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 85 - 20: | Regulations Governing the Practice of Medicine, Osteopathy, Podiatry, and Chiropractic |
| Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
| Date Petition Received | 04/05/2016 |
| Petitioner | Mitch Gray |
The petition for rule-making requests an amendment to requirements for standards for
professional conduct in the practice of medicine. Specifically, it requests the addition
of a requirement for physicians to wear gloves when conducting a genital examination
to protect both the patient against the preception of sexual conduct and the physician
against the transmission of sexually-transmitted disease.
Agency Plan
In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Register of
Regulations and will be published on May 2, 2016 and posted on the Virginia Regulatory
Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. Comment on the petition will be requested
until June 1, 2016 and may be posted on the Townhall or sent to the Board.
Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend regulations, the matter
will be considered by the full Board at its meeting on June 16, 2016.
| Publication Date | 05/02/2016 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
| Comment End Date | 06/01/2016 |