Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Health Professions

Board of Optometry

Regulations of the Virginia Board of Optometry [18 VAC 105 ‑ 20]

Action:

Waiver for e-prescribing

General Information

Action Summary	Subsection D of section 47 is added to: 1) reiterate the requirement that takes effect on July 1, 2020 that a prescription for a controlled substance that contains an opioid must be issued as an electronic prescription; and 2) provide for a one-year waiver from the requirement if the practitioner can demonstrate economic hardship technological limitations or other exceptional circumstances beyond the practitioner’s control.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Exempt from APA	No, this action is subject to Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act.
RIS Project	Yes [006199]
Associated Mandates	Waiver for electronic prescribing
New Periodic Review	This action will not be used to conduct a new periodic review.

Stages

Stages associated with this regulatory action.

Stage ID	Stage Type	Status
8834	Emergency/NOIRA	Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 08/12/2020 and expires on 02/11/2022.
9108	Proposed	Stage complete. Comment period ended 07/23/2021.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	Leslie L. Knachel / Executive Director
Address:	9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233
Email Address:	leslie.knachel@dhp.virginia.gov
Phone:	(804)597-4130 FAX: (804)527-4471 TDD: ()-

This person is the primary contact for this board.