Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Health Professions

Board of Medicine

Regulations for Licensure of Occupational Therapists [18 VAC 85 ‑ 80]

Action:

Implementation of the OT Compact

General Information

Action Summary	Chapter 242 of the 2021 Acts of the Assembly mandates membership of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Compact and requires the Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the act to be effective within 280 days of enactment. Amendments to regulations add definitions consistent with the Compact, set the fee for a Compact privilege to practice in Virginia, and specify that renewal of the privilege is based on adherence to Compact rules for continued competency.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Executive Branch Review	This action will go through the normal Executive Branch Review process.
RIS Project	Yes [6878]
Associated Mandates	OT Compact
New Periodic Review	This action will not be used to conduct a new periodic review.

Stages

Stages associated with this regulatory action.

Stage ID	Stage Type	Status
9367	Emergency/NOIRA	Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 01/01/2022 and expires on 06/30/2023.
9593	Proposed	Secretary of Health and Human Resources review in progress.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	William L. Harp, M.D. / Executive Director
Address:	9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Henrico, VA 23233
Email Address:	william.harp@dhp.virginia.gov
Phone:	(804)367-4558 FAX: (804)527-4429 TDD: ()-

This person is the primary contact for this board.