11VAC20-10-80. Appointment of negotiated rulemaking panel.
A. The agency may appoint a negotiated rulemaking panel (NRP) if a regulatory action is expected to be controversial.
B. An NRP that has been appointed by the agency may be dissolved by the agency when:
1. There is no longer controversy associated with the development of the regulation;
2. The agency determines that the regulatory action is either exempt or excluded from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act; or
3. The agency determines that resolution of a controversy is unlikely.
Statutory Authority
§§ 2.2-7004.02 and 3.2-102 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 43, Issue 1, eff. October 8, 2026.