4/16/2019 3:46 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 Funeral Directors and Embalmers |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Elaine J. Yeatts (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Corie Tillman Wolf Executive Director (804)367-4479 fanbd@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 65 - 20: | Regulations of the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapter 28 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 01/18/2019 |
Petitioner | Ross Miller |
For the Board to establish clear processes and guidance for the compelling disclosure
of information when a Board investigation identifies potential class 1 misdemeanors
Agency Plan
The petition will be published on February 18, 2019 in the Register of Regulations
and also posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to
receive public comment ending March 20, 2019.
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
scheduled for April 16, 2019.
Publication Date | 02/18/2019 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 03/20/2019 |
Take no action
Agency Response Date | 04/16/2019 |
At its meeting on April 16, 2019, the Board considered the petition and the petitioner's comment
in support posted on Townhall. Information was presented about a bill that was passed
in the 2019 Virginia General Assembly that authorizes the Department of Health Professions
to disclose investigative information to state or federal law enforcement, if it is
found in the course of an investigation of a funeral service licensee or establishment
that there may have been a violation of state or federal law. That legislation (House
Bill 2556) will become effective on July 1, 2019. Since it appears that the change
in Virginia law addresses the petition, the Board decided not to initiate rulemaking.