Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
Board
Board of Optometry
chapter
Regulations of the Virginia Board of Optometry [18 VAC 105 ‑ 20]
Emergency Extension Request
(4892)
Action:
Prescribing of opioids
(8035)
Stage:
Emergency/NOIRA

On 2/8/2019 the board requested that this emergency stage be extended until 10/28/2019.

Reason for Extension:
Emergency regulations expire on April 29, 2019. A 6-month extension is necessary because permanent regulations will not be effective by that date. The replacement regulations are at the proposed stage with a comment period from 2/4/19 to 4/6/19. Final regulations will have to be adopted after that date.

This emergency extension request was approved by the Governor's office on 4/22/2019.

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