The petitioner requests that the Board amend 18VAC150-20-120(2) to require documentation of one year of the last four in active practice for licensure by endorsement as a veterinarian. 

The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on September 11, 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 September 11, 2023 and will close on October 2, 2023. 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 October 26, 2023. The petitioner will be notified of the Board’s decision after that meeting. 

At its meeting on October 26, 2023, the Board voted to initiate a rulemaking to implement the request and to reduce licensure by endorsement requirements in other parts of the regulation. The Board will file a notice of intended regulatory action to begin the regulatory process for change.