8/23/2021 1:55 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 Counseling |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Elaine J. Yeatts (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Jaime Hoyle Executive Director (804)367-4406 jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 115 - 20: | Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapter 35 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 03/24/2021 |
Petitioner | Dawne Sherman |
To allow all face-to-face client contact hours accrued during the supervised graduate
internship in excess of the minimum required 240 direct client hours to be counted
towards the 2000 total required direct client contact hours required for residency.
Agency Plan
The petition will be posted on Townhall and published in the Register of Regulations
on April 12, 2021 with comment requested until May 12, 2021. The petition and all
comments received will be considered at the first meeting of the Regulatory Committee
scheduled after the comment period on August 6, 2021. The Board will receive a recommendation
from the Committee and decide whether to initiate rulemaking at its meeting on August
20, 2021.
Publication Date | 04/12/2021 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 05/12/2021 |
Take no action
Agency Response Date | 08/23/2021 |
The Board considered the petition at its meeting on August 20th and decided it would
include amendments to the internship and residency requirements in the adoption of
final regulations relating to its periodic review. The amendments will specify the
proportional hours that could be counted as face-to-face. However, in practice, those
hours are already being applied to a residency.
For example, a person who completed 659 hours in an internship with 296 face-to-face
hours was credited with 59 hours (the number in excess of required 600 hours) towards
the residency and 56 hours (the number in excess of required 240 hours) was credited
towards the 2,000 hours of face-to-face client contact. While the regulation does
not currently specify how those excess hours are applied, an applicant is currently
receiving the credit.