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:

Volunteer practice by out-of-state optometrists

General Information

Action Summary	Chapter 740 of the 2002 Acts of the Assembly mandates that the board promulgate regulations for an out-of-state practitioner to be licensed to volunteer his services to a non-profit organization that has no paid employees and offers health care to underprivileged populations throughout the world. Regulations set forth the information and documentation that must provided prior to such service to ensure compliance with the statute.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Executive Branch Review	This action will go through the normal Executive Branch Review process.
RIS Project	No project yet assigned to this action
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
1736	Emergency	Stage complete. Emergency regulation expired on 07/18/2003.
1737	NOIRA	Stage complete. Comment period ended 09/11/2002.
1965	Proposed	Stage complete. Comment period ended 02/28/2003.
2194	Final	Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 07/02/2003.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	Leslie L. Knachel / Executive Director
Address:	9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Henrico, 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.