Professions And Occupations
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Anesthesiologist assistants; establishes criteria for licensure. [SB-1342]
Licensure of anesthesiologist assistants. Provides that no person shall use or assume the title "anesthesiologist assistant" or hold himself out as an anesthesiologist assistant unless such person holds a license as an anesthesiologist assistant issued by the Board of Medicine, establishes criteria for the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants, and directs the Board of Medicine to adopt regulations governing the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 02/02/2023
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Industrial hemp; regulated hemp products, etc. [HB-2294]
Tetrahydrocannabinol; hemp products; packaging, labeling, and testing; penalties. Limits the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that can be included in a hemp product or industrial hemp extract to 0.3 percent and two milligrams per package. The bill limits the application of such THC limits to retail sales and allows a hemp product or industrial hemp extract to contain more than two milligrams of THC if the product or extract contains an amount of cannabidiol (CBD) that is at least 25 times greater than the amount of THC; however, the bill prohibits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0794) on 04/12/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements. [SB-1337]
Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements; advertising. Amends and adds numerous provisions regarding the Commonwealth's medical marijuana program, including provisions related to recordkeeping, product registration, allowable deviations, dispensing, packaging, labeling, and advertising. The bill requires pharmaceutical processors and cannabis dispensing facilities to collect and provide to the Board of Pharmacy by July 1, 2024, data regarding implementation of the bill. The bill also requires the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0760) on 04/12/2023
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms [SB-83]
The purpose of this bill is to define "Tactical medical professional" and authorize that professional to carry a firearm with specific training requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rupert Phillips
Chapter 226, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 on 05/01/2023
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate to practice in WV [SB-85]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a tax credit for physicians who are new graduates and locate in West Virginia to practice medicine for at least six years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale
Committee Substitute Reported, But First To Finance on 01/18/2023
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Relating to administration of anesthetics [SB-52]
Relating to administration of anesthetics
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Karnes
Filed For Introduction on 01/11/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Professions and occupations; proof of identity to obtain a license, etc. [HB-2056]
Professions and occupations; proof of identity. Replaces the requirement for proof of citizenship to obtain a license, certificate, registration, or other authorization issued by the Commonwealth to engage in a business, trade, profession, or occupation, except for an application with the Department of Health Professions, with a requirement to provide proof of identity that includes a government-issued identification card or driver's license, or other photo identification, along with documentation of the applicant's current address. Under current
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (21-y 0-n) on 01/31/2023
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Relating to hiring new West Virginia State Police Officers [HB-2375]
The purpose of this bill is to provide additional salary and sign on incentive benefits to members of the state police.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Hott
Do Pass, But First To Finance on 01/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements. [HB-2211]
Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements. Requires that applicants for licensure to practice professional nursing who are graduates of a nursing education program in a foreign country have (i) graduated or be eligible to graduate from a licensing board-approved RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program or have graduated from an approved foreign RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program and (ii) if a graduate of a foreign RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program not taught in English or if English is not the
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0579) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Prescriptions; Bd. of Pharmacy to evaluate translated directions for use. [HB-2147]
Board of Pharmacy; translated directions for use of prescriptions; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group to study the provision of translated directions for the use of prescriptions. The bill directs the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2023. Board of Pharmacy; translated directions for use of prescriptions; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0630) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Surgical technologists and surgical assistants; practice prior to certification of licensure. [HB-2222]
Surgical assistants; practice prior to licensure. Allows persons who have successfully completed an accredited surgical assistant training program to practice under certain conditions prior to licensure. The bill allows such person to practice as a surgical assistant with the title "surgical assistant, license applicant" until he has received a failing score on the national certification examination or six months from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner. Surgical assistants; practice prior to licensure. Allows persons who have successfully
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Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0792) on 04/12/2023
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
To allow another round of “buy in” to the old public employees retirement plan for those that didn’t last time. [HB-2451]
The purpose of this bill is to open an enrollment period of 11 months in which certain members of the Public Employees Retirement System may purchase previously forfeited service credit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Dean
Filed For Introduction on 01/11/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; Va. to become a signatory to Compact. [HB-2033]
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. The Compact increases public access to audiology and speech-language pathology services by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses for such services. The Compact has been enacted in 23 states and the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission is currently preparing rules and bylaws in order for the member states to be fully integrated in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0337) on 03/23/2023
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
To establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia [HB-2411]
The purpose of this bill is to establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Hornbuckle
Filed For Introduction on 01/11/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Surgical & medical trtmt. of certain minors; parental consent, admission to mental health facility. [HB-2280]
Parental consent to surgical and medical treatment of certain minors; admission of minors to mental health facility for inpatient treatment. Requires written informed consent from the parent or guardian of any minor prior to any non-emergency surgical or medical treatment, mental health treatment, or immunization of a minor. The bill limits circumstances under existing law when a minor shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of consenting to certain medical or health services. The bill also allows a minor of any age to be admitted to a mental health
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Counseling Compact; licensure of professional counselors. [HB-2229]
Licensure of professional counselors; Counseling Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Counseling Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed professional counselors to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024, and directs the Board of Counseling to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a tenth member state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Sickles
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Waterworks & Wastewater Works Operators & Onsite Sewage System Professionals, Bd. for; membership. [HB-2284]
Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals; membership. Removes from the membership of the Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals a faculty member of a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth whose principal field of teaching is management or operation of waterworks or wastewater works and adds to the Board's membership a local or regional representative of the Department of Health.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wiley
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0192) on 03/22/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Certified registered nurse anesthetists; practice. [HB-2287]
Practice of certified registered nurse anesthetists. Allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to practice in consultation with a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry. Currently, certified registered nurse anesthetists are required to practice under the supervision of a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wampler
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Licensure by reciprocity; Bd. of Social Work to examine licensure w/other jurisdictions. [HB-2146]
Virginia Board of Social Work; licensed clinical social worker candidates; licensure by reciprocity; workgroup; report. Directs the Virginia Board of Social Work to convene a workgroup to examine the feasibility of licensure by reciprocity with other jurisdictions. Under the bill, the Board shall submit a report to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0627) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions. [HB-2274]
Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions. Allows pharmacists to initiate treatment with, dispense, or administer controlled substances or devices for the initiation of treatment of group A Streptococcus bacteria infection, influenza virus infection, COVID-19 virus infection, and urinary tract infection to persons 18 years of age or older with whom the pharmacist has a bona fide pharmacist-patient relationship in accordance with regulations set forth by the Board of Pharmacy. The bill directs the Board
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0171) on 03/22/2023