| 11/13/2015 12:45 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
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Initial Agency Notice
Agency Decision
| Promulgating Board: | State Board of Health |
| Regulatory Coordinator: | Joe Hilbert (804)864-7006 joe.hilbert@vdh.virginia.gov |
| Agency Contact: | Janet Rainey Director, VDH Division of Vital Records (804)662-5245 janet.rainey@vdh.virginia.gov |
| Contact Address: | Department of Health 2001 Maywill Street, Ste. 268 Richmond, VA 23230 |
| Chapter Affected: | |
| 12 vac 5 - 550: | Board of Health Regulations Governing Vital Records |
| Statutory Authority: |
State: Section 32.1-249 through 32.1-276 Federal: N/A |
| Date Petition Received | 11/13/2015 |
| Petitioner | James Parrish, Equality Virginia; and Arli Christian, National Center for Transgender Equality |
The petitioner requests that the Vital Records regulations be amended as follows:
Virginia's birth certificate gender change regulation should not require surgery,
based on a modern understanding of appropriate treatment for transgender people.
Virginia's birth certificate gender change regulation should not require a court order,
as courts are a costly and complicated barrier to many transgender people, and medical
providers, rather than judges, have the professional expertise to request the appropriate
gender marker on a birth certificate.
Agency Plan
In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Registrar of
Regulations and will be published on December 14, 2014 and posted to the Virginia
Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. Comment on the petition will be
accepted until January 4, 2016 and may be posted on the Townhall or sent to the Board.
Following receipt of all comment on the petition, and within 90 days of January 4,
2016, the matter will be considered by the State Health Commissioner, acting on behalf
of the Board, in order to decide whether to grant the petition.
| Publication Date | 12/14/2015 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
| Comment End Date | 01/03/2016 |