The petitioner requests that the Board of Counseling amend 18VAC115-80-80(C) to automatically approve an individual or business as a continuing education provider for QMHPs if the individual or business can provide proof that they are qualified to provide continuing education to QMHPs. 

The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on July 31, 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 July 31, 2023 and close on August 30, 2023. The Board will consider the petition at its next meeting after the close of public comment, currently scheduled for October 27, 2023. The petitioner will be notified of the Board's decision after that meeting. 

At its meeting on October 27, 2023, the Board voted to take no action on the petition as the Board believed that the current process for evaluating and approving continuing education providers are sufficient and the Board is unwilling to change them at this time. The Board invites the petitioner to seek approval to provide continuing education through the processes listed in the regulations and available on the Board website.