Part IV. Forms
1VAC7-10-180. Filing requirements.
A. An agency shall file any form that the agency intends to incorporate into or use in administering the regulation with the proposed or final, including fast-track, regulation submission package for publication in the Register pursuant to § 2.2-4031 A of the Code of Virginia. The agency shall include on the face of the form (i) the date of issuance or revision and (ii) a form number.
B. A form is not a substitute for regulation text and may not contain requirements that are not in the Code of Virginia or VAC.
Statutory Authority
§ 2.2-4104 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2016.
1VAC7-10-190. Exemption from filing a form.
A. An agency may request an exemption from filing a form if the form (i) may be completed only online or electronically or (ii) is not in a printable format.
B. The agency shall make a request for an exemption from filing by submitting a request to the registrar. The registrar will notify the agency whether the exemption is approved.
C. If an exemption is approved, the Internet address for the form will be included in VAC.
D. The agency shall notify the registrar in writing if an Internet address for the form changes. Under the authority of § 30-150 of the Code of Virginia, the registrar may correct the Internet address in the Virginia Administrative Code.
E. The granting of an exemption under this section does not relieve an agency from maintaining the forms on file and making the forms available to the public.
Statutory Authority
§ 2.2-4104 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2016.
1VAC7-10-200. Modification of forms in the Virginia Administrative Code.
A. The provisions of this section apply when a form for a regulation is added, amended, or removed, provided that (i) the regulatory text is not changing and (ii) the change to the form is not making a substantive change to the regulation.
B. An agency shall file form changes as directed by the registrar.
C. Notice of revised forms will be published in the Register, and forms will be updated in the Virginia Administrative Code online on the date of publication of the volume and issue of the Register in which it appears.
Statutory Authority
§ 2.2-4104 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2016.
1VAC7-10-210. Publication.
A. For the purposes of § 2.2-4031 of the Code of Virginia, a form shall be considered to be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations if (i) the form is published in full, (ii) a hyperlink to the form is published, or (iii) a notice identifying where the form may be obtained is published.
B. The registrar shall determine how a form will be published.
Statutory Authority
§ 2.2-4104 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2016.