16VAC20-11-80. 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
§§ 2.2-4007.02 and 40.1-117 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 4, eff. November 27, 2008.