Regulatory Alert
A Convenient Guide to Regulatory
Activity in the Commonwealth
August, 2007
The Regulatory
Alert is intended to assist General Assembly members as they keep
up with the myriad regulations being proposed by agencies in the
Commonwealth. The goal of this project is to provide a timely, simple,
and accurate summary of the rules that are being proposed by agencies,
boards, and commissions. Highlighting regulations when they are
published as "proposed regulations" gives General Assembly
members notice that the critical public participation phase of the
rulemaking process is well underway. It is during the public participation
process that the questions of an Assembly member or constituent
may be most effectively communicated to the agency and examined
by the individuals crafting the regulatory proposal.
The Regulatory
Alert is not intended to be a substitute for the comprehensive information
on agency rulemaking activity that is currently published biweekly
in the Virginia Register of Regulations or the notification
services offered by the Regulatory Town Hall website maintained
by the Department of Planning and Budget. It is hoped that the Legislative
Record will assist all members as they monitor the development,
modification and repeal of administrative rules in the Commonwealth.
Access the
Virginia Register of Regulations online at http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/issfiles.htm
or contact epalen@leg.state.va.us
or the Code Commission staff at (804) 786-3591 for further information.
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TITLE 6.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SERVICES BOARD
Proposed
Regulation
6VAC20-160. Rules Relating to the Court-Appointed
Special Advocate Program (CASA (amending 6VAC20-160-10 through 6VAC20-160-40,
6VAC20-160-80, 6VAC20-160-100, 6VAC20-160-110, 6VAC20-160-120).
A public hearing
will be held November 16, 2007 at 10 a.m. in the General Assembly Building,
House Room C, 910 Capitol Street, Richmond, VA. Public comment may be
submitted to the Criminal Justice Services Board until November 2, 2007.
Summary:
The Criminal Justice
Services Board (board) proposes to amend its rules for the court appointed
special advocate (CASA) program in several ways. The board proposes
to (i) change the staff-to-volunteer ratio that CASA programs must maintain,
(ii) reduce from three to two the number of children/sibling groups
for whom a CASA volunteer may advocate at any one time, and (iii)) allow
volunteer training obtained before application to a local CASA program
to count toward required training hours so long as that training meets
National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (NCASAA) standards.
The board also proposes to specify the topics that must be covered in
training for new CASA governing board members and require a central
registry background check for all volunteer applicants who have lived
outside of Virginia any time in the last five years.
For additional information please contact Judith Kirkendall,
Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Criminal Justice Services, Richmond,
VA, telephone (804) 786-8003, fax (804) 786-0410, or email judith.kirkendall@dcjs.virginia.gov.
TITLE 17. LIBRARIES
AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
LIBRARY
BOARD
Proposed
Regulation
17VAC15-120. Regulations Governing the Destruction of Public Records Containing
Social Security Numbers (adding 17VAC15-120-10, 17VAC15-120-20, 17VAC15-120-30).
Written public comment
may be submitted to the Library Board until November 2, 2007.
Summary
:
The
proposed regulation addresses best methods for destruction of public
records containing social security numbers so that the social security
numbers in these records cannot be used for identity theft. The regulation
provides that any public records, regardless of media, that contain
social security numbers are to be destroyed at the end of their retention
period in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the information.
These records are to be destroyed, made electronically inaccessible,
or erased so as to make social security numbers unreadable by any means.
For additional information
please contact Conley Edwards, State Archivist, Library of Virginia, Richmond,
VA, telephone (804) 692-3554, fax (804) 692-3600, TTY 804-692-3976, or
email conley.edwards@lva.virginia.gov.
TITLE
18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
REAL
ESTATE APPRAISER BOARD
Proposed
Regulation
18VAC130-20. Real Estate Appraiser Board Rules and Regulations (amending
18VAC130-20-10, 18VAC130-20-70, 18VAC130-20-180, 18VAC130-20-200, 18VAC130-20-230).
A public
hearing will be held on October 16, 2007, at 10 am, at the Department
of Professional and Occupational Regulation, The Perimeter Center, 9960
Mayland Drive, Second Floor, Richmond, VA 23233. Written public comment
may be submitted to the Real Estate Appraiser Board until November 2,
2007.
Summary:
The proposed amendments
(i) reword the definitions of “certified residential real estate
appraiser” and “licensed residential real estate appraiser”
to ensure that appraisers provide review appraisals only for those properties
for which they are licensed to appraise, (ii) amend application requirements
for prelicensure courses and instructors to require that submitted applications
be completed within 12 months of the date of receipt of the application
and fee, (iii) require that licensees produce documents requested by
the board within 10 working days of the request and broaden the definition
of documents to include work files and electronic records, (iv) repeal
the requirement that the records be made available only at the licensee’s
place of business, (v) require that the licensee respond to any inquiry
made by the board within 21 days and not just the complaints requested
under 18VAC130-20-180 H 1, (vi) prohibit a licensee from providing false,
misleading, or incomplete information in the investigation of a complaint
filed with the board, and (vii) no longer allow credit for licensing
to be awarded for prelicensure courses completed by challenge examination
without classroom attendance.
For additional information
please contact Kevin Hoeft, Board Administrator, Department of Professional
and Occupational Regulation, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-8552,
FAX (804) 524-4298, or email reappraisers@dpor.virginia.gov.
TITLE 19.
PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT
OF STATE POLICE
Proposed
Regulation
19VAC30-190. Regulations Relating to the
Issuance of Nonresident Concealed Handgun Carry Permits (adding 19VAC30-190-10
through 19VAC30-190-140).
Written public comment
may be submitted until November 5, 2007 to Donna Tate, Firearms Manager
at the Department of State Police.
Summary:
The proposed amendments
establish the procedures that will be utilized to implement the provisions
of §18.2-308 P 1 of the Code of Virginia, which authorized the
Virginia Department of State Police to issue nonresident concealed handgun
carry permits.
For additional information contact Robert G. Kemmler,
Lt. Col., Director, Bureau of Administrative and Support Services, Department
of State Police, Richmond VA, telephone (804) 674-4606, fax (804)674-2111,
or email nonrespermit@
vsp.virginia.gov.
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