22VAC40-80-230: Conditions for initiating a request

A licensee or applicant may request an allowable variance when he believes that the existing standard or requirement poses a substantial financial or programmatic hardship and when he believes that either an alternative method of compliance with the intent of the standard that is causing the hardship, or the actual suspension of all or part of that standard, would neither endanger the safety or well-being of persons in care nor create a violation of statutes or of the requirements of another regulatory agency.