Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Health Professions

Board of Social Work

Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work [18 VAC 140 ‑ 20]

Action:

Reduction in CE hours for continuation of approval to be a supervisor

General Information

Action Summary	The Board is proposing an amendment to reduce the number of continuing education (CE) hours necessary to continue being approved as a supervisor. The regulation will retain the requirement for 14 hours of CE for the initial registration of supervision; thereafter, a supervisor will only have to obtain seven hours of CE relating to provision of supervision every five years. The current requirement is 14 hours of CE every five years to continue as an approved supervisor.
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 [6721]
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
9229	NOIRA	Stage complete. Comment period ended 07/07/2021.
9354	Proposed	Stage complete. Comment period ended 03/04/2022.
9636	Final	Secretary of Health and Human Resources review in progress.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	Jaime Hoyle / Executive Director
Address:	9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233-1463
Email Address:	jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov
Phone:	(804)367-4406 FAX: (804)527-4435 TDD: ()-

This person is the primary contact for this chapter.