1348 Notice of comments issued

INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION

Notice of Comments Issued

[31 Pa.B. 4022]

   Section 5(d) and (g) of the Regulatory Review Act (71 P. S. § 745.5(d) and (g)) provide that the designated standing committees may issue comments within 20 days of the close of the public comment period, and the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (Commission) may issue comments within 10 days of the close of the committees' comment period. The Commission's Comment are based upon the criteria contained in subsections 5.1(h) and (i) of the Regulatory Review Act (71 P. S. § 745.5a(h) and (i)).

   The Commission issued comments on the following proposed regulations. The agencies must consider these comments in preparing the final-form regulations. The final-form regulations must be submitted by the dates indicated.

			Final-form
			Submission
Reg. No.	Agency/Title	Issued	Deadline
16A-6311	State Board of    Psychology	07/05/01	06/04/03
	Examination Fees
	31 Pa.B. 2380 (May 5, 2001)
16A-658	State Board of    Physical Therapy	07/05/01	06/04/03
	Examination Fees
	31 Pa.B. 2379 (May 5, 2001)

State Board of Psychology Regulation No. 16A-6311

Examination Fees

July 5, 2001

   We submit for consideration the following objections and recommendations regarding this regulation. Each objection or recommendation includes a reference to the criteria in the Regulatory Review Act (71 P. S. § 745.5a(h) and (i)) which have not been met. The State Board of Psychology (Board) must respond to these Comments when it submits the final-form regulation. If the final-form regulation is not delivered by June 4, 2003, the regulation will be deemed withdrawn.

Remaining language in Chapter 41--Clarity.

   The Board is deleting three fees related to examinations from section 41.12. However, there is existing language throughout Chapter 41 that references the fees and examinations being deleted. The language appears in the following sections:

   Section 41.11(a)(4)--Licenses.

   Section 41.31(a)(1), (2) and (b)--Qualifications for taking licensing examination.

   Section 41.42(a) and (b)--Reexamination.

   To be consistent with the Board's proposal and to provide clarity to the readers of Chapter 41, the Board should delete the language pertaining to the fees and examinations that is no longer applicable from the above sections.

State Board of Physical Therapy Regulation
No. 16A-658

Examination Fees

July 5, 2001

   We submit for consideration the following objections and recommendations regarding this regulation. Each objection or recommendation includes a reference to the criteria in the Regulatory Review Act (71 P. S. § 745.5a(h) and (i)) which have not been met. The State Board of Physical Therapy (Board) must respond to these Comments when it submits the final-form regulation. If the final-form regulation is not delivered by June 4, 2003, the regulation will be deemed withdrawn.

Remaining language in Chapter 40--Clarity.

   The Board is proposing to delete three examination fees in section 40.5. However, there is language in the existing Chapter 40 which refers to those fees and examinations. The language appears in the following sections:

   Section 40.13.  Areas of examination.

   Section 40.14.  Failure; reexamination.

   Section 40.15.  Examinations.

   Section 40.16.  Licensure by endorsement.

   To be consistent with the Board's proposal and to provide clarity to the readers of Chapter 40, the Board should also delete the language pertaining to the deleted fees and examinations from the above sections.

JOHN R. MCGINLEY, Jr.,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1348. Filed for public inspection July 20, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]