Professions And Occupations
West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to expanding the practice of auricular acudetox to professions approved by the acupuncturist board [HB-4288]
[Healthcare ]
Relating to expanding the practice of auricular acudetox to professions approved by the acupuncturist board
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Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications [HB-4105]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Practitioners; completion of education relating to unconscious implicit bias & cultural competency. [SB-638]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Board of Medicine; unconscious 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 unconscious implicit bias and cultural competency.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to the prescriptive authority of advance practice registered nurses [HB-4111]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Relating to the prescriptive authority of advance practice registered nurses
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice. [HB-1187]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency. Allows a health care practitioner licensed in another state or the District of Columbia who has submitted an application for licensure to the appropriate health regulatory board to temporarily practice for a period of 90 days pending licensure, provided that certain conditions are met. The bill directs the Board of Medicine to pursue reciprocity agreements with jurisdictions that surround the Commonwealth to streamline
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Revise certain definitions in laws regarding physical therapists. [SB-86]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Revise certain definitions in laws regarding physical therapists.
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Provide for diploma privilege for admittance to the practice of law. [HB-1073]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Provide for diploma privilege for admittance to the practice of law.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to administration of anesthetics [SB-271]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to administration of anesthetics
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Marijuana; shape productions, definitions. [SB-591]
[Cannabis ]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Marijuana; shape prohibitions; definitions of marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinol. Modifies the definition of "marijuana" in several Code sections to (i) include any substance containing a total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that exceeds 0.3 percent or more than 0.25 milligram of tetrahydrocannabinol per serving or more than one milligram per package and (ii) exclude industrial hemp that is possessed by a person who holds a hemp producer license issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or his agent; an industrial hemp extract that contains
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Dentistry; license to teach, foreign dental program graduates. [SB-590]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
License to teach dentistry; foreign dental program graduates. Allows the Board of Dentistry to grant, without examination, a faculty license to teach dentistry in an accredited dental program to a graduate of a dental school or college or the dental department of an institution of higher education in a foreign country that has been granted a certification letter from the dean or program director of an accredited dental program confirming that the applicant has clinical competency and clinical experience that meet the credentialing standards of the
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Medicaid participants; treatment involving the prescription of opioids, payment. [SB-594]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Medicaid participants; treatment involving the prescription of opioids; payment. Prohibits licensed providers from requiring payment from Medicaid participants for the prescription of an opioid for the management of pain or the prescription of buprenorphine-containing products, methadone, or other opioid replacements approved for the treatment of opioid addiction by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction, regardless of whether the provider participates in the state plan for medical assistance.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Common Interest Community Board; enforcement jurisdiction. [SB-539]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Common Interest Community Board; enforcement jurisdiction. Makes the enforcement of regulations for common interest community managers the sole responsibility of the Common Interest Community Board. Current law delegates the enforcement of these regulations to the Real Estate Board for real estate brokers, real estate salespersons, and real estate brokerage firms who are also licensed as common interest community managers.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Opioid treatment program pharmacy; medication dispensing, registered/licensed practical nurses. [SB-511]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Opioid treatment program pharmacy; medication dispensing; registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Allows registered nurses and licensed practical nurses practicing at an opioid treatment program pharmacy to perform the duties of a pharmacy technician, provided that all take-home medication doses are verified for accuracy by a pharmacist prior to dispensing. Opioid treatment program pharmacy; medication dispensing; registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Allows registered nurses and licensed practical nurses practicing at an opioid
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission; established, report. [SB-561]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission; established. Establishes the Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of holding disciplinary hearings initiated by the Virginia State Bar against an attorney for a violation of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct or Unauthorized Practice Rules that would be the basis for a sanction to be imposed against such attorney and grants the Commission the power to hold issue sanctions against such attorney. The bill transfers any existing authority
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis products; written certification for the use. [SB-542]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Board of Pharmacy; written certification for the use of cannabis products. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to provide a form for practitioners to issue as written certification for the use of cannabis products. Current law requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide the form.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Practitioners, licensed; continuing education related to implicit bias and cultural competency. [SB-456]
[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
Nurse practitioners; patient care team physician supervision capacity increased. [SB-414]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Nurse practitioners; patient care team physician supervision capacity increased. Allows a physician to serve as a patient care team physician on a patient care team with up to 10 nurse practitioners licensed in the category of psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. The bill retains, in all other cases, the existing provision that a physician may serve as a patient care team physician on a patient care team with no more than six nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners; patient care team physician supervision capacity increased. Allows a
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Health professions, certain; licensure by endorsement. [HB-981]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Certain health professions; licensure by endorsement. Requires the Boards of Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing to grant an application by endorsement to any applicant who is licensed, certified, or registered in another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession upon submission of evidence satisfactory to such board. Currently, the Boards of Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing are authorized but not required to grant a license, certification, or registration by endorsement for applicants wishing to practice regulated
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Practitioners, licensed; continuing education related to implicit bias and cultural competency. [HB-1105]
[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
Pharmaceutical processors; amends the definition of "cannabis oil." [HB-933]
[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.