6VAC35-20-50. Preaudit process for certification audits.
A. At least six months in advance of a certification audit, the department shall notify each program or facility to be audited of the scheduled audit date and the name of the designated audit team leader.
B. At least 90 calendar days before the scheduled audit, the program or facility administrator may request that the audit be rescheduled. Except as provided in 6VAC35-20-100, audits, even if rescheduled, must occur before the expiration of the current certification, unless specifically approved by the director.
C. The audit team leader shall provide the program or facility administrator with a list of audit team members as soon as practicable, but no later than 10 business days before the scheduled certification audit. Upon notification of the audit team members, the program or facility administrator may request that one or more members of the audit team be replaced. Every reasonable effort will be made to comply with the request. Any subsequent addition or substitution of the audit team members shall be communicated to the program or facility administrator as soon as practicable and may be made subject to the mutual agreement of the audit team leader and program or facility administrator.
Statutory Authority
§§ 16.1-233 and 66-10 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR690-10-001 § 3.1, eff. September 9, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 23, eff. September 1, 2003; Volume 29, Issue 26, eff. September 25, 2013.