Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Health Professions

Board of Counseling

Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling [18 VAC 115 ‑ 20]

Action:

Amendments to regulations pursuant to Executive Order 15 (94) to clarify and simplify the regulations and reduce the burden on the public.

General Information

Action Summary	The Board proposes an endorsement provision to expedite licensure of applicants with lenghty experience licensed in other jurisdictions, updating the education requirements, amending the residency requirement to accept group supervision hours as equivalent to face-to-face and to accept internship hours toward the residency, simplifying the reinstatement requirement for lapsed licenses, reformatting the regulation and amending the language where needed for clarification purposes.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Exempt from APA	No, this action is not exempt from Article II of the APA and executive branch review.
RIS Project	No project yet assigned to this action
New Periodic Review	This action will not be used to conduct a new periodic review.

Stages

Stages associated with this regulatory action.

Stage ID	Stage Type	Status
110	NOIRA	Stage complete. Comment period ended 06/25/1997.
111	Proposed	Stage complete. Comment period ended 11/26/1999.
568	Final	Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 04/12/2000.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	Jaime Hoyle / Executive Director
Address:	9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233
Email Address:	jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov
Phone:	(804)367-4406 FAX: (804)527-4435 TDD: ()-

This person is the primary contact for this board.