1/15/2025 9:18 am
Date / Time filed with the Register of Regulations 		VA.R. Document Number: R____-______
Virginia Register Publication Information

Transmittal Sheet: Response to Petition for Rulemaking
Initial Agency Notice
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Agency Decision
Promulgating Board: Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Regulatory Coordinator: Erin Barrett

(804)750-3912

erin.barrett@dhp.virginia.gov
Agency Contact: Corie Tillman Wolf

Executive Director

(804)367-4479

fanbd@dhp.virginia.gov
Contact Address: Department of Health Professions

9960 Mayland Drive

Suite 300

Henrico, VA 23233
Chapter Affected:
18 vac 65 - 20: Regulations of the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Statutory Authority: State: Chapter 28 of Title 54.1

Federal:
Date Petition Received 09/09/2024
Petitioner Jon Gary Henninger
 Petitioner's Request
The petitioner requests that the Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers amend 18VAC65-20-580 to exempt certain religious funeral homes that do not practice embalming from the requirement to equip preparation rooms with the instruments and apparatus of embalming under 18VAC65-20-580(6).
 Agency Plan
The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on October 7, 2024. 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 October 7, 2024 and will close on November 6, 2024. 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 January 14, 2025. The petitioner will be notified of the Board's decision after that meeting.
Publication Date 10/07/2024  (comment period will also begin on this date)
Comment End Date 11/06/2024
 Agency Decision
Take no action
Agency Response Date 01/15/2025
 Agency Decision Text
At its January 14th, 2025 meeting, the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers voted to take no action on the petition for rulemaking and send the issue to the regulatory committee for in-depth review and consideration of all possible changes that would need to occur to address this concern.