Professions And Occupations
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Abuse & neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, definitions, penalties. [SB-687]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
Abuse and neglect; financial exploitation; incapacitated adults; penalties. Changes the term "incapacitated adult" to "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crime of abuse and neglect of such adults and defines "vulnerable adult" as any person 18 years of age or older who is impaired by reason of mental illness, intellectual or developmental disability, physical illness or disability, or other causes, including age, to the extent the adult lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make, communicate, or carry out reasonable decisions concerning
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Gettr Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. [SB-672]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Allows pharmacists and pharmacy technicians acting under the supervision of a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer vaccines for COVID-19, nicotine replacement and other tobacco cessation therapies, and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons aged 18 years and older and vaccines included on the Immunization Schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and vaccines for
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Pharmaceutical processors; amends the definition of "cannabis oil." [SB-671]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Pharmaceutical processors. Amends the definition of "cannabis oil" by removing the requirement that only oil from industrial hemp be used in the formulation of cannabis oil. The bill removes the Board of Pharmacy patient registration requirement for medical cannabis but maintains the requirement that patients obtain written certification from a health care provider for medical cannabis. The bill directs the Board to promulgate numerous regulations related to pharmaceutical processors by September 15, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Death with Dignity Act; penalties. [SB-668]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Death with Dignity Act; penalties. Allows an adult who has been determined by an attending physician and consulting physician to be suffering from a terminal condition to request medication for the purpose of ending his life in a humane and dignified manner. The bill requires that a patient's request for medication to end his life be given orally on two occasions, that such request be in writing, that such request be signed by the patient and two witnesses, and that the patient be given an express opportunity to rescind his request. The bill requires
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Practitioners, licensed; continuing education related to implicit bias and cultural competency. [SB-670]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Board of Medicine; implicit bias and cultural competency. Requires all practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to complete two hours of continuing education in each biennium on topics related to implicit bias and cultural competency.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Prescriptions; off-label use. [SB-711]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Prescriptions; off-label use. Provides that a licensed health care provider with prescriptive authority may prescribe, administer, or dispense a drug that has been approved for a specific use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an off-label use when the health care provider determines, in his professional judgment, that such off-label use is appropriate for the care and treatment of the patient and prohibits a pharmacist from refusing to dispense a drug for off-label use if a valid prescription is presented.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act. [SB-759]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Preneed funeral contracts; life insurance or annuity contracts. [SB-679]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; life insurance or annuity preneed funeral contract requirements. Provides that the face amount of any life insurance policy issued to fund a preneed funeral contract shall not be decreased over the life of the life insurance policy except where such policies have lapsed due to nonpayment of premiums or have gone to a nonforfeiture option that lowers the face amount as allowed for in the provisions of the policy. Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; life insurance or annuity preneed funeral contract
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Associate physicians; licensure and practice. [SB-676]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Licensure and practice of associate physicians. Authorizes the Board of Medicine to issue a two-year license to practice as an associate physician to an applicant who is 18 years of age or older, is of good moral character, has graduated from an accredited medical school, has successfully completed Step 1 and Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination, and has not completed a medical internship or residency program. The bill requires all associate physicians to practice in accordance with a practice agreement entered into between
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Abortion; born alive human infant, treatment and care, penalty. [HB-1349]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Abortion; born alive human infant; treatment and care; penalty. Requires every physician licensed by the Board of Medicine who attempts to terminate a pregnancy to (i) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of a human infant who has been born alive following such attempt as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age and (ii) take all reasonable steps to ensure the immediate transfer of the human
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Exclude Solicitor from the definition of Investment Advisor [HB-4314]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Exclude Solicitor from the definition of Investment Advisor
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
To update collaborative pharmacy practice agreements [HB-4324]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
To update collaborative pharmacy practice agreements
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Kratom products; prohibited acts, civil penalty. [HB-1307]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
Kratom; prohibited acts; civil penalty. Provides that no person that sells, prepares, manufactures, distributes, or maintains kratom products, as defined in the bill, or advertises, represents, or holds itself out as selling, preparing, manufacturing, distributing, or maintaining kratom products shall prepare, distribute, sell, or expose for sale (i) any kratom product that is includes or is packed with a substance that is not kratom and that affects the quality or strength of the kratom product or that contains any poisonous or otherwise deleterious
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Preneed funeral contracts; removes requirement relating to life insurance or annuity contract. [HB-1269]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Preneed funeral contracts; emergency. Removes the requirement that if a life insurance or annuity contract is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the life insurance or annuity contract must provide either that the face value thereof shall be adjusted annually by a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a benefit payable at death under such contract that will equal or exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interest or
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Providing income tax credit for first responders [HB-4294]
[Taxes ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing income tax credit for first responders
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
A bill to attract new West Virginia State Police Officers [HB-4292]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to attract new West Virginia State Police Officers
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Counseling, Board of; licensure of professional counselors without examination. [HB-1240]
[Healthcare ]
Board of Counseling; licensure of professional counselors without examination.
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Provide for the redistribution of donated prescription drugs and medical supplies. [HB-1086]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Provide for the redistribution of donated prescription drugs and medical supplies.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to real estate appraiser licensing board requirements [HB-4285]
[Real Estate ]
Relating to real estate appraiser licensing board requirements
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to the practice of optometry [HB-4261]
[Healthcare ]
Relating to the practice of optometry