Virginia Regulatory Town Hall Actions Underway

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Showing: Regulatory actions that became effective within the last 90 days

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Board ▲	VAC ▼	Chapter Title ▼	Action ▼	Stage Type ▼	Status ▼
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services	2 VAC 5 - 315	Virginia Imported Fire Ant Quarantine for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law	Expand imported fire ant quarantine to include certain counties in southeastern and southwestern Virginia Action 6808	Final Stage 10863	Effective
Air Pollution Control Board	9 VAC 5 - 140	Regulation for Emissions Trading Programs	Amend CO2 Budget Trading Program to Reinstate the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Model Rule as required by Chapter 7 of the 2026 Acts of Assembly (Revision A26) Action 6998	Final Stage 11159	Effective
Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects	18 VAC 10 - 20	Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects Regulations	General Review of Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects Regulations Action 6394	Final Stage 11045	Effective
Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology	18 VAC 30 - 21	Regulations Governing Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology	Regulatory clean-up of section 131 Action 6802	Final Stage 10857	Effective
Department of Criminal Justice Services	6 VAC 20 - 100	Rules Relating to Compulsory Minimum Training Standards for Correctional Officers of the Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Institutions	Comprehensive Review of the Compulsory Minimum Training Standards for Correctional Officers of the Department of Corrections Action 5649	Final Stage 10674	Effective
Board of Dentistry	18 VAC 60 - 15	Regulations Governing the Disciplinary Process in Dentistry	Amendment to allow agency subordinates to hear credentials cases Action 6562	Fast-Track Stage 10459	Effective
Board of Dentistry	18 VAC 60 - 21	Regulations Governing the Practice of Dentistry	Training requirements for botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes Action 6389	Final Stage 11118	Effective
State Board of Education	8 VAC 20 - 770	Background Checks for Child Day Programs and Family Day Systems	Repeal of Standards for the Background Checks for Child Day Programs and Family Day Systems Action 5879	Final Stage 11110	Effective
State Board of Education	8 VAC 20 - 830	Fee Requirements for Processing Applications	Repeal Chapter 830 following the adoption of New Standards for the General Procedures and Information for Licensure of Chapter 821 Action 6823	Fast-Track Stage 10884	Effective
Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers	18 VAC 65 - 30	Regulations for Preneed Funeral Planning	Declinable preneed funeral guarantee fee amendments Action 6528	Emergency/NOIRA Stage 10415	Effective
State Board of Health	12 VAC 5 - 110	Regulations for the Immunization of School Children	Amend Regulations to Conform to Chapter 1223 of the 2020 Acts of Assembly Action 5924	Final Stage 9826	Effective
State Board of Health	12 VAC 5 - 217	Regulations of the Patient Level Data System	Amend Regulation to conform to Chapter 1289 Item 307(D1) of the 2020 Acts of Assembly Action 5821	Fast-Track Stage 9878	Effective
State Board of Health	12 VAC 5 - 220	Virginia Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Rules and Regulations	Amend Regulation after Enactment of Chapters 712 and 772 of the 2022 Acts of Assembly Action 5982	Fast-Track Stage 9666	Effective
State Board of Health	12 VAC 5 - 391	Regulations for the Licensure of Hospices	Amend Regulation to Incorporate the 2022 FGI Guidelines Action 6326	Fast-Track Stage 10137	Effective
State Board of Health	12 VAC 5 - 410	Regulations for the Licensure of Hospitals in Virginia	Amend Regulation to Conform to Chapters 72 and 220 (2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I), to Conform to Chapters 1080, 1081, and 1088 (2020 Acts of Assembly), and to Update Clinical Standards Action 6159	Fast-Track Stage 9887	Effective
Board of Medical Assistance Services	12 VAC 30 - 10	State Plan Under Title XIX of the Social Security Act Medical Assistance Program; General Provisions	Medicaid Enterprise System Updates Action 6190	Final Stage 9932	Effective
Board of Medicine	18 VAC 85 - 20	Regulations Governing the Practice of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatry, and Chiropractic	Removal of requirement to provide documentation of continuing competency for reactivation of a license Action 6634	Fast-Track Stage 10546	Effective
Board of Medicine	18 VAC 85 - 50	Regulations Governing the Practice of Physician Assistants	Creation of reinstatement process for physician assistants with lapsed licenses Action 6635	Fast-Track Stage 10547	Effective
Board of Optometry	18 VAC 105 - 20	Regulations of the Virginia Board of Optometry	Licensure by endorsement Action 6924	Final Stage 11043	Effective
Board of Pharmacy	18 VAC 110 - 20	Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy	Replacement of analytic lab regulation for pharmaceutical processors Action 6457	Fast-Track Stage 10318	Effective
Board of Physical Therapy	18 VAC 112 - 20	Regulations Governing the Practice of Physical Therapy	Changes to comply with Compact rules Action 5951	Fast-Track Stage 9610	Effective
Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists	18 VAC 145 - 40	Regulations for the Geology Certification Program	HB 1835 Amendment - Geology Transition from Certification to Licensure Action 6966	Emergency/NOIRA Stage 11112	Effective
Real Estate Appraiser Board	18 VAC 130 - 20	Real Estate Appraiser Board Rules and Regulations	Real Estate Appraiser Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Training Amendment Action 6972	Final Stage 11119	Effective
Real Estate Board	18 VAC 135 - 20	Virginia Real Estate Board Licensing Regulations	General Review of Virginia Real Estate Board Licensing Regulations Action 6446	Final Stage 11079	Effective