| 5/31/2019 3:06 pm 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
Initial Agency Notice
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Agency Decision
| Promulgating Board: | Board of Counseling |
| Regulatory Coordinator: | Elaine J. Yeatts (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
| Agency Contact: | Jaime Hoyle Executive Director (804)367-4406 jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov |
| Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233 |
| Chapter Affected: | |
| 18 vac 115 - 60: | Regulations Governing the Licensure of Substance Abuse Practitioners |
| Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapter 35 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
| Date Petition Received | 12/18/2018 |
| Petitioner | Michael Hayter |
To amend regulations to waive the requirement for an examination for licensed clinical
social workers who can show clinical experience based in substance abuse services
to become licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners. Licensed professional
counselors currently have such a waiver.
Agency Plan
In accordance with Virginia law, the petition will be filed with the Register of Regulations
and published on January 21, 2019 with comment requested until February 20, 2019.
It will also be placed on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall and available for comments
to be posted electronically. At its first meeting following the close of comment,
scheduled for May 31, 2019, the Board will consider the request to amend regulations
and all comment received in support or opposition. The petitioner will be informed
of the board's response and any action it approves.
| Publication Date | 01/21/2019 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
| Comment End Date | 02/20/2019 |
Take no action
| Agency Response Date | 05/31/2019 |
The petition was published with comment requested from January 21, 2019 to February
20, 2019. There were no comments posted electronically on the Virginia Regulatory
Townhall or received by the Board.
At its meeting today, the Board discussed the request to amend regulations and voted
not to initiate rulemaking. Recently, the Board conducted a periodic review of regulations
and recommended that the exemption from examination currently in place for licensed
professional counselors be deleted in regulations governing licensure of substance
abuse treatment practitioners. Therefore, members did not support adding an exemption
for licensed clinical social workers.