Professions And Occupations
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Medical marijuana; written certification. [HB-2135]
Medical marijuana; written certification. Allows a person to possess marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol pursuant to a valid written certification issued by a physician for the treatment of any medical condition and allows a physician or pharmacist to distribute such substances without being subject to prosecution. Under current law, a person has an affirmative defense to prosecution for possession of marijuana if the marijuana is in certain forms and the person has been issued a written certification by a physician that such marijuana is for the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Levine
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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DPOR; regulation of land surveyor photogrammetrists. [HB-2145]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulation of land surveyor photogrammetrists. Provides for the licensure of land surveyor photogrammetrists by the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects. The bill defines "land surveyor photogrammetrists" and sets the criteria for their licensure. The bill provides that it will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. James LeMunyon
Committee Amendments on 02/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Opioids and buprenorphine; Boards of Dentistry and Medicine to adopt regulations for prescribing. [HB-2167]
Boards of Dentistry and Medicine; regulations for the prescribing of opioids and buprenorphine. Directs the Boards of Dentistry and Medicine to adopt regulations for the prescribing of opioids and products containing buprenorphine. The bill requires the Prescription Monitoring Program at the Department of Health Professions to provide an annual report to the Joint Commission on Health Care on the prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines in the Commonwealth. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0291) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
General Services, Department of; central electronic procurement website. [HB-2081]
Department of General Services; central electronic procurement website. Directs the Department of General Services, in an effort to facilitate prompt payment by contractors to subcontractors, to post on its central electronic procurement website certain information pertaining to payments made by public bodies to contractors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Opioids and buprenorphine; Boards of Dentistry and Medicine to adopt regulations for prescribing. [SB-1180]
Boards of Dentistry and Medicine; regulations for the prescribing of opioids and buprenorphine. Directs the Boards of Dentistry and Medicine to adopt regulations for the prescribing of opioids and products containing buprenorphine. The bill requires the Prescription Monitoring Program at the Department of Health Professions to annually provide a report to the Joint Commission on Health Care and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on the prescribing of opioids and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0682) on 03/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; reciprocity. [HB-2153]
Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; reciprocity. Provides that a Durable Do Not Resuscitate order or other order regarding life-sustaining treatment executed in accordance with the laws of another state in which such order was executed shall be deemed to be valid and shall be given full effect in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0179) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals; registration. [HB-2095]
Registration of peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals. Authorizes the registration of peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals by the Board of Counseling. The bill defines "qualified mental health professional" as a person who by education and experience is professionally qualified and registered by the Board of Counseling to provide collaborative mental health services for adults or children. The bill requires that a qualified mental health professional provide such services as an employee
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0418) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
DPOR; regulatory boards within the Department, expiration of regulations. [HB-2242]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulatory boards within the Department; expiration of regulations. Requires all proposed and final regulations promulgated by any regulatory board within the Department on or after July 1, 2017, to contain a sunset provision such that the regulations shall expire within five years of their effective date. The bill provides that on or before July 1, 2021, the Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation (the Board) shall review the regulations on such timetable as determined by the Board
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Failed To Report (defeated) In General Laws And Technology (7-y 8-n) on 02/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hospital data reporting; charity care policies and other activities, clarifies definition. [HB-2225]
Hospital data reporting; charity care and other activities. Defines "charity care" as care provided in accordance with a provider's policy of providing health care services free of charge or at a reduced rate because of the indigence or medical indigence of the patient. The bill requires all hospitals, doctors of medicine and osteopathy, and dentists licensed to practice as oral and maxillofacial surgeons to whom a certificate of public need has been issued to establish charity care policies and post information about such policies in a public place;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Incorporated By Education And Health on 02/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks, penalty. [HB-2212]
Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm transfer and requires the Department of State Police to establish a process for transferors to obtain such a check from licensed firearms dealers. A transferor who fails to obtain a required background check and sells the firearm to another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts transfers between immediate family members, transfers that occur by operation of law, transfers by the executor or administrator of an
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum
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Unused dispensed drugs; guidelines for provision of counseling and information on proper disposal. [HB-2046]
Prescription drug orders; information on proper disposal. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to develop guidelines for the provision of counseling and information regarding proper disposal of unused dispensed drugs, including information about pharmacy drug disposal programs in which the pharmacy may participate, by pharmacists to patients for whom a prescription is dispensed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0114) on 02/21/2017
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Direct primary care agreements; the Commonwealth's insurance laws do not apply. [HB-2053]
Direct primary care agreements. Provides that a direct agreement between a patient, the patient's legal representative, or the patient's employer and a health care provider for ongoing primary care services in exchange for the payment of a monthly periodic fee is not health insurance or a health maintenance organization, if patients are not required to pay monthly periodic fees prior to initiation of the direct agreement coverage period. The measure also provides that a health care provider who participates in a direct primary care practice may
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0830) on 04/26/2017
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Birth control; definition. [HB-2060]
Birth control; definition. Adds a definition of birth control: "Birth control" means contraceptive methods that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Birth control shall not be considered abortion for the purposes of Title 18.2.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
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As enacted, revises various professional regulatory provisions, including provisions regarding cosmetologists, home inspectors, and engineers. - Amends TCA Title 62. [SB-1188]
As enacted, revises various professional regulatory provisions, including provisions regarding cosmetologists, home inspectors, and engineers. - Amends TCA Title 62.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bo Watson
Pub. Ch. 226 on 05/03/2017
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As enacted, allows a homeowner to cancel a contract for alarm services for a period longer than two years by giving 30 days' written notice to the alarm systems contractor after the initial two years if the homeowner has to sell the real property due to medical reasons; requires a homeowner to provide the alarm systems contractor with a letter from the homeowner's treating physician verifying the medical reasons that compel the homeowner to sell the property and seek cancellation of the alarm system service contract. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3. [HB-1392]
As enacted, allows a homeowner to cancel a contract for alarm services for a period longer than two years by giving 30 days' written notice to the alarm systems contractor after the initial two years if the homeowner has to sell the real property due to medical reasons; requires a homeowner to provide the alarm systems contractor with a letter from the homeowner's treating physician verifying the medical reasons that compel the homeowner to sell the property and seek cancellation of the alarm system service contract. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter
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Sponsored by: Rep. Darren Jernigan
Pub. Ch. 209 on 05/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Contractors, Board for; exemptions, responsibility for contracting with unlicensed person. [HB-1979]
Board for Contractors; exemption from licensure; responsibility for contracting with unlicensed or unregistered person. Exempts from licensure work undertaken by a person providing construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition valued at $2,500 or less per project on behalf of a properly licensed contractor, provided that such contractor holds a valid license in the residential or commercial building contractor classification. The bill provides, however, that any construction services that require an individual license or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0132) on 02/21/2017
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Contractors, Board for; optional bonding for Class A and B contractors. [SB-1113]
Board for Contractors; optional bonding for Class A and B contractors. Allows applicants for Class A and Class B contractor licenses to demonstrate financial responsibility by posting a surety bond for both initial application for licensure and subsequent renewals in lieu of providing a financial statement. The bill provides a process for recovery on a surety bond of a contractor who has elected to post such a bond. The bill also amends the Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Act (the Act) by providing that an informal fact-finding conference
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0572) on 03/16/2017
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Opioids; limit on amount prescribed, extends sunset provision. [HB-1885]
Limits on prescription of controlled substances containing opioids. Requires a prescriber registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program (the Program) to request information about a patient from the Program upon initiating a new course of treatment that includes the prescribing of opioids anticipated, at the onset of treatment, to last more than seven consecutive days and exempts the prescriber from this requirement if the opioid is prescribed as part of treatment for a surgical or invasive procedure and such prescription is for no more than
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hugo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0249) on 02/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Controlled substances; limits on prescription containing opioids. [HB-1898]
Limits on prescription of controlled substances containing opioids. Prohibits a prescriber providing treatment for a patient in an emergency department of a corporation, facility, or institution licensed, owned, or operated by the Commonwealth to provide health care from prescribing a controlled substance containing an opioid in a quantity greater than a three-day supply, as determined in accordance with the prescriber's directions for use. The bill also prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing a controlled substance containing an opioid pursuant
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Public school employees, certain; assistance with student insulin pumps by register nurse, etc. [SB-1116]
Certain public school employees; assistance with student insulin pumps. Authorizes, but does not require, local school board employees who are registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, or certified nurse aides and who have been trained in the administration of insulin, including the use and insertion of insulin pumps, and the administration of glucagon to assist a student who is diagnosed with diabetes and who carries an insulin pump with the insertion or reinsertion of the pump or any of its parts, provided that assistance has been authorized
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0811) on 04/05/2017