Department of Health Professions
Board of Veterinary Medicine
Regulations Governing the Practice of Veterinary Medicine
[18 VAC 150 ‑ 20]
Public Petition for Rulemaking: Reduction of active practice requirement for licensure by endorsement
CLOSED Opened on 9/11/2023 and Ended on 10/2/2023
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148 comments
| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment/Change 18VAC150-20-120 | Gerald Blackburn, DVM | 10/2/23 5:48 pm |
| Amendment/Change 18VAC150-20-120 | Arlene L Blackburn | 10/2/23 5:31 pm |
| Petition for Rulemaking | Leslie Stratmann | 10/2/23 5:19 pm |
| supporting petition | Skyler Anderson | 9/29/23 7:08 pm |
| I Support Amending 18VAC150-20-120 | Bryan Morgan | 9/29/23 9:43 am |
| Support | Anonymous (220422) | 9/28/23 1:57 pm |
| Support | Kirsten Nye | 9/28/23 11:48 am |
| 18VAC150-20-120 | Daniel Nye | 9/28/23 11:23 am |
| 18VAC150-20-120 | Sandra Alvarez | 9/28/23 11:14 am |
| Support | Wayne Lilly, DVM | 9/28/23 10:26 am |
| We need help!! | Pet Clinics of Rocky Mount and Martinsville | 9/28/23 9:55 am |
| Support reducing active practice requirement to 1 out of the past 4 years for veterinarians | Melanie Crovo, DVM | 9/27/23 10:13 am |
| Support! | Samantha Vitale, DVM, DACVIM | 9/27/23 9:09 am |
| Support | Brian Weitzman | 9/26/23 7:48 pm |
| Veterinary World Has Changed in the Last Twenty Years | Paulette Chitwood | 9/26/23 12:32 pm |
| licensure | Joey Coscia DVM | 9/26/23 12:08 pm |
| license in virginia | cari | 9/26/23 11:41 am |
| 18VAC150-20-120(2) | Tim Tingler | 9/25/23 2:54 pm |
| I am in full support of this amendment. | Barry Wade | 9/25/23 2:52 pm |
| Support Amendment 18 VAC150-20-120(2) | Gregory C. Smith, DVM | 9/25/23 8:52 am |
| I support this petition | Edward Crawford | 9/24/23 12:33 pm |
| I support Gerald Blackburn being able to practice veterinary medicine in VA. | Gary Lynch | 9/24/23 9:13 am |
| Support FCHS | Jennifer Kiwus | 9/24/23 6:40 am |
| Amend 18VAC 150-20-120(2) | Mary Jane Morgan | 9/23/23 5:47 pm |
| We need vets! | Andrew Silverstone DVM, MS (forensics) Veterinary Hospital of Virginia Beac | 9/22/23 10:21 am |
| Support | Taylor Harris | 9/21/23 9:25 pm |
| Support | Lois Orbison | 9/21/23 3:08 pm |
| Amend 18VAC150-20-120(2) | C. Barrell | 9/21/23 2:43 pm |
| FCHS VET | LeAnn Smith | 9/21/23 1:06 pm |
| Change needed! | Sarah Roberts | 9/21/23 12:35 pm |
| Support their mission!! | Lorrie Harris | 9/21/23 12:15 am |
| Support of Gerald Blackburn and Veterinary Rule Change | Lisa Twark, DVM | 9/19/23 6:08 pm |
| 18VAC150-20-120 | Debbie Crawford | 9/19/23 11:01 am |
| Change needed! | Jennifer Foley | 9/17/23 9:32 am |
| I support this bill | Christina Atkins | 9/17/23 9:12 am |
| Support Amending 18VAC 150-20-120(2) | Gena Kepley | 9/16/23 4:45 pm |
| I support this bill. | Ron Triplett | 9/15/23 1:46 pm |
| Veterinary Care, license petition | Sarah | 9/15/23 8:11 am |
| Veterinary Care, license petition | Brandon | 9/15/23 8:01 am |
| Reduction of Active Practice requirements for Licensure by endorsement for Veterinarians | Patricia Gayeski | 9/14/23 11:14 pm |
| Support | Paige Liga | 9/14/23 10:35 pm |
| FCHS VET | Melissa Potter | 9/14/23 9:41 pm |
| Support | Fletcher Foley | 9/14/23 6:31 pm |
| Amend 18VAC150-20-120(2) | Jamie Acosta, Franklin Co. Humane Society | 9/14/23 5:56 pm |
| support | rebecca burdette | 9/14/23 5:45 pm |
| petition | Erica Wright, Franklin County Humane Society | 9/14/23 10:21 am |
| Please Consider a Revision | Christina Barbour | 9/14/23 9:37 am |
| Reduction of active practice requirement | Terri Bentley, FCHS | 9/14/23 8:55 am |
| Veterinary Care, license petition | Jill Sullivan | 9/14/23 8:30 am |
| Urgent need for Veterinarians | Anonymous (220319) | 9/14/23 8:11 am |
| Support | Edward Wimmer | 9/13/23 8:26 pm |
| I support this bill! | Cindy Merritt | 9/13/23 5:08 pm |
| FCHS We Need Vets! | STEPHANIE RAGSDALE | 9/13/23 4:48 pm |
| Veterinarians desperately needed | Judy Talley | 9/13/23 12:38 pm |
| Veterinarians for Franklin County Humane Society & Planned Pethood | Charlotte Wimmer | 9/13/23 11:52 am |
| Support reduction of active practice requirement for licensure | Bobbi A Hoffman | 9/13/23 11:17 am |
| Support the amendment. FCHS needs a vet. | Susan Ewald | 9/13/23 11:08 am |
| Veterinarians | Mary M. Jones | 9/13/23 10:26 am |
| Vet crisis | Tiffany Huffman | 9/13/23 9:38 am |
| FCAS veterinary clinic | Francine Thomas | 9/13/23 9:36 am |
| Supporting this amendment as there is a dearth of veterinarians | Christy Sherman | 9/13/23 9:33 am |
| Support amending 18VAC 150-20-120(2) | Ann McCulley, Franklin County Humane Society | 9/13/23 9:20 am |
| FCHS Vet | Liz | 9/13/23 9:19 am |
| FCHS | Briana Barker, FCHS | 9/13/23 8:39 am |
| FCHS Vet Support | Lindsey Poff | 9/13/23 8:34 am |
| FCHS vet support | Jennifer Goss | 9/13/23 8:33 am |
| FCHS Vet | Teresa Bryant | 9/13/23 7:29 am |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) to require documentation of active practice to one year | Trevor Winter-Pierce | 9/13/23 7:25 am |
| Veterinary Crisis | Kristy Groff | 9/13/23 7:09 am |
| Support for Vet Regulation Change | Elizabeth Cooper, FCHS Volunteer Foster | 9/13/23 3:53 am |
| Ammendment for Shelter Veterinarians | Wendy D Wynne Franklin County Humane Society | 9/13/23 12:25 am |
| FCHS Vet Needs | Madalyn Hartberger | 9/13/23 12:09 am |
| FCHS needs a vet | Patricia Buck | 9/12/23 11:33 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) to require documentation of active practice to one year | Richard S Akers | 9/12/23 11:18 pm |
| Support | Anonymous (220287) | 9/12/23 10:55 pm |
| Support petition | Michelle Thompson, Franklin County Humane Society | 9/12/23 10:50 pm |
| Veterinary Regulations | Franklin County Humane | 9/12/23 10:40 pm |
| Urgent | Sarah-Jane Jones FCHS | 9/12/23 10:35 pm |
| URGENT NEED | Franklin County Humane Society | 9/12/23 10:34 pm |
| In favor of preposed changes | Marcelle Melki-Ross | 9/12/23 10:24 pm |
| Humane Society volunteer | Carol Williams | 9/12/23 10:18 pm |
| Support FCHS vet | Anonymous (220280) | 9/12/23 10:18 pm |
| Support | Katherine | 9/12/23 10:17 pm |
| Urgent! FCHS vet needed! | Frankie Coleman Doyle | 9/12/23 10:15 pm |
| Support FCHS for Vet | Maia Thompson | 9/12/23 10:14 pm |
| Petition | Megan McNamara | 9/12/23 10:14 pm |
| FCHS Vet Petition | Robin Haywood | 9/12/23 10:10 pm |
| Support for FCHS | Whitney DeLong | 9/12/23 10:03 pm |
| FCHS Vet | Jenny Richardson | 9/12/23 10:03 pm |
| FCHS vet | Nora | 9/12/23 9:57 pm |
| In support of FCHS | Caitlin Arrington | 9/12/23 9:57 pm |
| Support the amendment from 2 years to 1 year | Katherine Shaver | 9/12/23 9:55 pm |
| Petition Signature for vet assistance | Leigh Ann Trent | 9/12/23 9:53 pm |
| Support | J. Brickey | 9/12/23 9:51 pm |
| Support FCHS | Amy Self | 9/12/23 9:49 pm |
| In support of the proposed amendment | Shirley Larimer | 9/12/23 9:43 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) | Emily Witt | 9/12/23 8:56 pm |
| Support FCHS | Aimee Brown | 9/12/23 8:39 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) to require documentation of active practice to one year | Melissa Talley | 9/12/23 8:18 pm |
| Support! | Larry Meyer | 9/12/23 8:10 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) | Lisa Spangler | 9/12/23 8:03 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) | Chester Eldridge, City of Salem | 9/12/23 7:57 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) | Christina Harris | 9/12/23 7:55 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) | VP Brown | 9/12/23 7:55 pm |
| Support FCHS | Cecelia and David Melesco | 9/12/23 7:37 pm |
| HELP NEEDED! | Kathryn H. Eldridge | 9/12/23 7:34 pm |
| Critical help needed at FCHS | Cindi Creed Volunteer at FCHS | 9/12/23 7:32 pm |
| Support FCHS | Brandy Kaiser | 9/12/23 7:07 pm |
| Franklin County Humane Society is in need of a veterinarian | Ruth Lynch | 9/12/23 6:59 pm |
| Vet care for FCHS | Kevin Kaiser | 9/12/23 6:58 pm |
| Stephanie Arrington, LVT M.S. Shelter Medicine | Anonymous (220248) | 9/12/23 6:56 pm |
| veterinary care for FCHS | Beverly Fletcher | 9/12/23 6:37 pm |
| Veterinarian Need for Franklin County Humane Society | Renee Robertson | 9/12/23 6:26 pm |
| Veterinarian Practice | Wendy Graham | 9/12/23 6:25 pm |
| Supporting petition | Tabby Patterson | 9/12/23 6:08 pm |
| Supporting veterinary needs at FCHS | Heidi Underwood | 9/12/23 6:03 pm |
| Supporting FCHS/ veterinarian needed | Serena Jamison | 9/12/23 5:54 pm |
| Support amendment for veterinary care | Jana Zevlas | 9/12/23 5:51 pm |
| FCHS needs a veterinarian | Susan Arrington | 9/12/23 5:42 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) | Hailey Ferguson | 9/12/23 5:35 pm |
| Please amend to help spay/neuter | Lorraine Nash FCHS | 9/12/23 5:22 pm |
| Desperate need for additional veterinary care in Franklin County. | Dr. Linda Linnartz | 9/12/23 5:16 pm |
| Help FCHS | Anonymous (220236) | 9/12/23 5:12 pm |
| Help needed for our Animals | Darlene Didrickson Franklin Humane Society | 9/12/23 5:04 pm |
| Vet Crisis | Laura Salser, Franklin County Humane Society | 9/12/23 4:54 pm |
| In support of FCHS | Keesha Childress | 9/12/23 4:53 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) to require documentation of active practice to one year | Mikell Fulghum | 9/12/23 4:50 pm |
| Supporting amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) to require documentation of active practice to one year. | Eliza Graham. Planned Pethood/Franklin County Humane Society | 9/12/23 4:43 pm |
| Veterinary Crisis Volunteer/Foster FCHS | Tavia Ashe | 9/12/23 4:43 pm |
| Support for veterinary crisis | Carla B McCabe | 9/12/23 4:38 pm |
| Helping animals in need. | Dakota ellis | 9/12/23 4:33 pm |
| Veterinary Support | Starla M. | 9/12/23 4:33 pm |
| Supporting FCHS | Amy Sturgill | 9/12/23 4:20 pm |
| Urgent need for additional vets | Mark Cummings | 9/12/23 4:20 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) to change documented practice time to one year | Abby Brown | 9/12/23 4:19 pm |
| In support of proposed amendment | Cheryl A Nordgren | 9/12/23 4:15 pm |
| Veterinary crisis | DorothyBelle Poli | 9/12/23 4:12 pm |
| Veterinarian Crisis | Tina Kane-Franklin County Humane Society | 9/12/23 3:59 pm |
| Franklin County Virginia Vet | Michelle Keffer | 9/12/23 3:57 pm |
| Rquired Documentation | Anthony Martin, Martin's Ponderosa Farm | 9/12/23 9:34 am |
| Required Documentation of Active Practice | Tonja Martin, Martin's Ponderosa Farm | 9/12/23 9:30 am |
| Director FCHS Adoption Center | Anita Scott, Franklin County Humane Society | 9/12/23 7:25 am |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) | Angela Darienzo | 9/11/23 9:47 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) to require documentation of active practice to one year | Sarah Wadsworth, Franklin County Humane Society | 9/11/23 8:32 pm |
| Support of ammendment of 18VAC150-20-120(2) | Kristie Blake | 9/11/23 7:52 pm |
| Veterinarian for FCHS | Bonnie Ballard | 9/11/23 7:41 pm |
| Supporting Petition | Christina Thienemann, Franklin County Humane Society | 9/11/23 7:35 pm |
| Support amending 18VAC150-20-120(2) to require documentation of active practice to one year | Donna Essig, Franklin County Humane Society Inc./Planned Pethood Clinic | 9/11/23 4:38 pm |
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