The petitioner requests that the Board amend 18VAC95-20-380 to allow overseers of training facilities to serve as preceptors even if the potential preceptor has not served as the administrator of record for a minimum of two of the past three years prior to registration.  

The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on January 13, 2025. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which will open on January 13, 2025 and will close on February 12, 2025. The Board will consider the petition and all comments in support or opposition at the next meeting after the close of public comment, currently scheduled for March 11, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the Board’s decision after that meeting.

At its March 11^th, 2025 meeting, the Board of Long-Term Care Administrators decided to take no action on the petition. The Board has been engaged in an Administrator-in-Training support workgroup and has also held a Regulatory Advisory Panel to recommend regulatory changes to the Board for consideration. Those recommendations, which will come before the full Board in June, contain changes that are in line with the petition. As a result, the recommended amendment will be rolled into the recommendations to the full Board.