3/6/2018 11:15 am Date / Time filed with the Register of Regulations | VA.R. Document Number: R____-______ |
Virginia Register Publication Information
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Transmittal Sheet: Response to Petition for Rulemaking
Initial Agency Notice
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Agency Decision
Promulgating Board: | Board of Optometry |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Elaine J. Yeatts (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Leslie L. Knachel Executive Director (804)367-4508 leslie.knachel@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 105 - 20: | Regulations of the Virginia Board of Optometry |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapter 32 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 12/05/2017 |
Petitioner | Jena Jung, O.D. |
To amend regulations to allow a practitioner to request inactive licensure. The petitioner
would also like for the Board to reactivate an inactive license for military persons
or spouses at no additional cost.
Agency Plan
In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Register of
Regulations and will be published on December 25, 2017. Comment on the petition may
be sent by email, regular mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov;
comment will be requested until January 24, 2018.
Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend regulations, the Board
will decide whether to make any changes to the regulatory language. This matter will
be on the Board's agenda for its next meeting scheduled for March 2, 2018
Publication Date | 12/25/2017 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 01/24/2018 |
Initiate a regulatory change
Agency Response Date | 03/06/2018 |
The Board discussed the request to amend regulations in order to institute an inactive
license and decided to begin the process of amending its regulations. Other boards
at the Department of Health Professions allow practitioners to put their licenses
in an inactive status at half the cost of an active license. The inactive license
may then be reactivated by payment of the difference between the inactive and active
license and evidence of continued competency. The Board did not agree to waive the
reactivation fee for military personnel or their spouses, as that is not the policy
for any other board.