10/2/2019 8:36 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 Long-Term Care Administrators |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Elaine J. Yeatts (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Corie Tillman Wolf Executive Director (804)367-4595 corie.wolf@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233-1463 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 95 - 30: | Regulations Governing the Practice of Assisted Living Facility Administrators |
Statutory Authority: |
State: 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3102 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 05/10/2019 |
Petitioner | Bertha Simmons |
1) Allow an administrator-in-training who is an acting Administrator to count more
than 40 hours per week on the monthly report for training.
2) Allow some of the credit hours in an administrator-in-training program in assisted
living to also count for training for nursing home licensure.
Agency Plan
In accordance with Virginia law, the petition was filed with the Register of Regulations
and posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. Comment
will be requested from interested parties until July 9, 2019. The petition and copies
of all comment will be considered by the Board of Long-Term Care Administrators at
its meeting scheduled for September 12, 2019. After considering the request and reviewing
the comments, the Board will decision whether to initiate rule-making or deny petition
and retain the current requirements.
Publication Date | 06/10/2019 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 07/09/2019 |
Take no action
Agency Response Date | 10/02/2019 |
The Board recently convened a large stakeholder group to review all aspects of requirements
for assisted living facility administrators to develop strategies to improve both
the quality of the AIT experience and the number of persons who may qualify for licensure.
There are a number of policy options and actions under consideration, and the Board
has requested that additional information be brought to its next meeting on December
17, 2019.
At that meeting, the petition was considered by the Board, and it voted to include
the matters addressed in the petitions in the policy options to be addressed with
those presented from the stakeholder workgroup. Therefore, the Board will not specifically
take action on the petition but will discuss further in the context of its overall
review of administrator-in-training requirements.