3/14/2023 1:30 pm 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 Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Erin Barrett (804)367-4688 erin.barrett@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Leslie L. Knachel Executive Director (804)597-4130 AudBD@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Henrico, VA 23233 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 30 - 21: | Regulations Governing the Practice of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapters 24 and 26 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 12/08/2022 |
Petitioner | Suzanne Dailey |
The petitioner requests that the Board amend 18VAC30-21-60(A)(1) to eliminate the
requirement that initial licensure applicants hold a Certificate of Clinical Competence
issued by ASHA, replacing that requirement with a requirement to hold a master's degree
in speech-language pathology, communication disorders, speech and hearing science,
or equivalent.
Agency Plan
The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations
on January 2, 2023. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory
Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment, which will open
on January 2, 2023 and will close on February 1, 2023. The Board will consider the
petition and all comments in support or opposition at the next meeting after the close
of public comment, currently scheduled for March 14, 2023. The petitioner will be
notified of the Board's decision after that meeting.
Publication Date | 01/02/2023 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 02/01/2023 |
Take no action
Agency Response Date | 03/14/2023 |
The Board considered this petition at its March 14, 2023 meeting. The Board decided
to take no action on the petition due to the recent passage of legislation entering
Virginia into the ASLP Compact. The requirements of the Compact are unknown, and the
Board declined to begin a regulatory process related to licensure requirements prior
to the Compact determining and communicating requirements for licensure in member
states.