                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EVALUATIONS TO BE PREPARED FOR LEGISLATION INCREASING OR BEGINNING REGULATION OF
AN OCCUPATION (§ 30-19.03:1.3)

A. For the purposes of this section, &#8220;regulation&#8221; means any
statement of general application, having the force of law and affecting the
rights or conduct of any person, adopted by an agency in accordance with the
authority conferred on it by the Constitution and applicable statutes of the
Commonwealth.

B. When any legislative bill requiring the Department of Professional and
Occupational Regulation to increase or begin regulation of an occupation is
filed during any session of the General Assembly, the chairman of the committee
having jurisdiction over the proposal shall request that the Board for
Professional and Occupational Regulation (the Board) prepare an evaluation of
the legislation using the criteria outlined in &#xA7; 54.1-311.

C. Upon receipt of such a request, the Board shall prepare the evaluation and
shall forward copies of such evaluation to the Clerk of the House of Delegates
for House bills and to the Clerk of the Senate for Senate bills no later than
November 1 of the same year for requests received during a regular session of
the General Assembly or as soon as practicable for requests received during a
special session of the General Assembly for transmittal to each patron of the
legislation and to the chairman of each committee of the General Assembly to
consider the same.
			All departments, agencies of government, and the Division of Legislative
Services are directed to make available such information and assistance as the
Board may request in preparing the evaluations required by this section.

HISTORY: 2019, c. 812; 2022, c. 647.