11/20/2013 1:49 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 Nursing |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Jay P. Douglas, R.N. (804)367-4515 jay.douglas@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Elaine 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 90 - 20: | Regulations of the Board of Nursing |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapter 30 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 07/30/2013 |
Petitioner | Donna Pillatsch |
Adopt some other way for non-direct care RNs to retain their license without having
to focus on direct care skills. Suggest you consider implementing easily achievable
competency requirements for those RNs who are working in insurance companies, legal
departments, Utilization Management, and other non-direct care professions.
Agency Plan
In accordance with Virginia law, the petition to amend the regulations was posted
on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. It has also been
filed with the Register of Regulations for publication on August 26, 2013. Comment
on the petition from interested parties is requested until September 25, 2013.
Publication Date | 08/26/2013 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 09/25/2013 |
Take no action
Agency Response Date | 11/20/2013 |
At its meeting on Novemer 20, 2013, the Board of Nursing decided to deny the petition
because the current regulations do not differentiate between work in direct client
care and other practice settings. There is not even a requirement for an RN to work
anywhere to maintain an active license, and there is no requirement that the continuing
education hours be focused on direct care skills. Regulations allow a licensee a
number of options for fulfilling the continued competency requirements, including
obtaining 30 hours of courses "relevant to the practice of nursing."