PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKINGVol. 32 Iss. 8 - December 14, 2015
TITLE 12. HEALTH
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 12VAC5-550. Board of Health Regulations Governing Vital Records.
Statutory Authority: §§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-249 through 32.1-276 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: James Parrish, Equality Virginia; and Arli Christian, National Center for Transgender Equality
Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the vital records regulations be amended as follows: Virginia's birth certificate gender change regulation should not require surgery, based on a modern understanding of appropriate treatment for transgender people. Virginia's birth certificate gender change regulation should not require a court order, as courts are a costly and complicated barrier to many transgender people, and medical providers, rather than judges, have the professional expertise to request the appropriate gender marker on a birth certificate.
Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Registrar of Regulations and will be published on December 14, 2014, and posted to the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. Comment on the petition will be accepted until January 4, 2016, and may be posted on the Townhall or sent to the board. Following receipt of all comment on the petition, and within 90 days of January 4, 2016, the matter will be considered by the State Health Commissioner, acting on behalf of the Board, in order to decide whether to grant the petition.
Public Comment Deadline: January 4, 2016.
Agency Contact: Janet Rainey, Director, Department of Health, Division of Vital Records, 2001 Maywill Street, Suite 268, Richmond, VA 23230, telephone (804) 662-5245, or email janet.rainey@vdh.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. R16-07; Filed November 13, 2015, 12:45 p.m.
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TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK
Initial Agency Notice
Title of Regulation: 18VAC140-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Name of Petitioner: Anjaulyeke Bryant-Covert.
Nature of Petitioner's Request: To amend 18VAC140-20-70 to allow persons who have failed the licensing examination to count their supervision hours beyond the two years currently prescribed. The amendment would grandfather those applicants who do not meet current requirements for registration of supervision.
Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: In accordance with Virginia law, the petition was filed with the Registrar of Regulations and will be published on December 14, 2015, with a request for comment to be received until January 13, 2016. The petition will also be posted for comment on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. At the next meeting held after the close of the comment period, scheduled for February 5, 2016, the board will consider the petition and any comment received to decide whether or not to initiate the rulemaking process.
Public Comment Deadline: January 13, 2016.
Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, Agency Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4688, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.
VA.R. Doc. No. R16-08; Filed November 12, 2015, 10:50 a.m.
