Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation

 

GDForum ID: 2862

Step 1

Description of Proposed Guidance Document Changes

DPOR has previously posted to Virginia Regulatory Town Hall many agency policies. This document is included in the agency’s listing of guidance documents. This document pertains to DPOR and its operations generally and is not regulatory in nature. This action will make amendments to the following guidance document on Virginia Regulatory Town Hall: Policy #100-04 – Release of Information. The policy provides DPOR employees with guidelines for responding to requests for information. The following changes are made to the policy: a. Formatting of the document is changed. b. The policy is revised to remove a provision that stated that in the absence of the designated custodians the FOIA manager will authenticate records for court submission. c. Changes are made to the names of DPOR work units and titles of managers to reflect organizational changes. d. Provisions are added regarding the exemption of application files from public disclosure, to include documents related to informal fact-finding conferences for such application files. e. Updated provisions regarding records requests for regulant lists. f. The policy is revised to add “telephone number (if applicable)” to license record information that may be disclosed. g. Provisions regarding non-disclosable information are revised to provide that only the DPOR Director or Deputy Director may approve disclosure of any information that may compromise the privacy or safety of an individual or business. h. The policy was revised to remove a section that stated that anyone may contact DPOR if they notice that information on a person is incorrect, obsolete, or irrelevant, and that the IM Director is required to assist with such requests. i. Other stylistic changes are made.

 

Step 2

Guidance Document(s) for this Comment Forum

Document ID	Document Title	Current Document	Proposed Document	Revised Proposed
Policy #100-04	Release of Information	Document	To Be Deleted
Policy #100-04-9-4-24	Release of Information	n/a	Proposed Document

 

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