Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Health Professions

Board of Medicine

Regulations Governing the Practice of Respiratory Therapists [18 VAC 85 ‑ 40]

Action:

Periodic review recommendations

General Information

Action Summary	Will clarify certain provisions of regulation for ease of compliance and consistency with current practices. The Board will consider rules for reactivation or reinstatement of inactive or lapsed licenses to provide requirements that will reasonably ensure competency for active practice.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Exempt from APA	No, this action is subject to Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act.
RIS Project	Yes [000602]
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
3619	NOIRA	Stage complete. Comment period ended 07/26/2006.
3802	Proposed	Stage complete. Comment period ended 04/06/2007.
4219	Final	Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 10/17/2007.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	William L. Harp, M.D. / Executive Director
Address:	9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, 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.