1/21/2012 11:07 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 Social Work |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Catherine Chappell (804)367-4406 catherine.chappell@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Elaine J. Yeatts Agency Regulatory Coordinator (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 140 - 20: | Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapter 37 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 09/21/2011 |
Petitioner | Michael Hayter |
To amend section 18VAC140-20-50, relating to requirements for supervision to clarify
the status of an individual who has completed supervision but has not passed the examination
for LCSW licensure. Such individual should not be in the status of a "supervisee
in social work" and should be exempt from providing information to his previous clinical
supervisor.
Agency Plan
The petition was filed with the Register of Regulations and will be published on October
24, 2011 with a request for comment to be received until November 15, 2011. The petition
will also be posted for comment on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov
At the next meeting held after the close of the comment period, the Board will consider the
petition and any comment received to decide whether or not to initiate the rule-making process.
Publication Date | 10/24/2011 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 11/15/2011 |
Take no action
Agency Response Date | 01/21/2012 |
At its meeting on January 20, 2012, the Board considered the petition and decided
not to initiate the rule-making process. Since the law in Virginia requires licensure
for a clinical social worker, a person who has completed the requisite number of supervised
hours but has not passed the examination and been issued a license may not engage
in practice except as a supervisee under supervision or in an exempt setting. Regulations
of the Board cannot be in conflict with the Code of Virginia.