Professions And Occupations
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Common Interest Community Board; enforcement jurisdiction. [HB-953]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 02/08/2022
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Controlled substances; prescriber may establish practitioner-patient relationship. [HB-921]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prescribing controlled substances; practitioner-patient relationship; telemedicine. Provides that a prescriber may establish a practitioner-patient relationship for the purpose of prescribing Schedule II through V controlled substances via synchronous interaction with a patient and for the purpose of prescribing Schedule VI controlled substances via asynchronous interaction. The terms "synchronous interaction" and "asynchronous interaction" are defined in the bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Continued To 2023 In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 02/01/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Health care providers; health records of minors, available via secure website. [HB-916]
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[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Health care providers; health records of minors; available via secure website. Provides that every hospital and health care provider that makes patients' health records available to such patients through a secure website shall make all health records of a patient who is a minor available to such patient's parent through such secure website unless the hospital or health care provider cannot make such health record available in a manner that prevents disclosure of information, the disclosure of which has been denied by a health care provider or for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0218) on 04/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Professions and occupations; proof of identity to obtain a license, etc. [HB-864]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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 with a requirement to provide proof of identity. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Nurse practitioner; patient care team provider. [HB-896]
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[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Nurse practitioner; patient care team provider. Eliminates the authority of a physician on a patient care team to require a nurse practitioner practicing as part of a patient care team to be covered by a professional liability insurance policy and the requirement that a nurse practitioner practicing without a practice agreement obtain and maintain coverage by or be named insured on a professional liability insurance policy. Nurse practitioner; patient care team provider. Eliminates the authority of a physician on a patient care team to require a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dawn Adams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0563) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Health care; decision making, end of life, penalties. [HB-1095]
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[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
Health care; decision making; Health care; decision making; end of life; penalties. Allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal condition to request and an attending health care provider to prescribe a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending the patient's life in a humane and dignified manner. The bill requires that a patient's request for a self-administered controlled substance to end his life must be given orally on two occasions and in writing, signed by the patient and one witness, and that the patient be given an express
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Prescriptions; unapproved use. [HB-976]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Prescriptions; unapproved 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 unapproved use when the health care provider determines, in his professional judgement, that such unapproved use is appropriate for the care and treatment of the patient and prohibits a pharmacist from refusing to dispense a drug for unapproved use if a valid prescription is presented.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/15/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Requiring prescriptions be made by electronic means [HB-2311]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring prescriptions be made by electronic means
Sponsored by: Rep. Geoff Foster
Filed For Introduction on 01/12/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure. [HB-745]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure. Provides that a person who has graduated from an accredited respiratory therapy education program may practice with the title "Respiratory Therapist, License Applicant" or "RT-Applicant" until he has received a failing score on any examination required by the Board of Medicine for licensure or six months from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner. Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure. Provides that a person who has graduated from an accredited respiratory therapy education
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0764) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and Commission; created. [HB-527]
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Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. Creates the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact to create a process for expedited issuance of a license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth for qualifying physicians to enhance the portability of medical licenses while protecting patient safety. The bill establishes requirements for coordination of information systems among member states and procedures for investigation and discipline of physicians alleged to have engaged in unprofessional conduct. The bill creates the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 01/25/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Nursing Program Expansion Pilot Program [HB-2831]
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[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Nursing Program Expansion Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Barrett
Filed For Introduction on 01/12/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
A bill relating to pre-need funeral solicitation [HB-3273]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Insurance ]
A bill relating to pre-need funeral solicitation
Sponsored by: Rep. Austin Haynes
Filed For Introduction on 01/12/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses [HB-2707]
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[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Relating to prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Glasko-Tully
Filed For Introduction on 01/12/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Requiring certain boards that seek to increase a fee or seek to impose a new fee to also submit cost saving measures [HB-2334]
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[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain boards that seek to increase a fee or seek to impose a new fee to also submit cost saving measures
Sponsored by: Rep. Geoff Foster
Filed For Introduction on 01/12/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Prohibiting the regulation and licensing of occupations by local government [HB-2319]
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[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting the regulation and licensing of occupations by local government
Sponsored by: Rep. Geoff Foster
Filed For Introduction on 01/12/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Optometrists; allowed to perform laser surgery if certified by Board of Optometry. [SB-375]
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[Public Health ]
Optometrists; laser surgery. Allows an optometrist who has received a certification to perform laser surgery from the Board of Optometry (the Board) to perform certain types of laser surgery of the eye and directs the Board to issue a certification to perform laser surgery to any optometrist who submits evidence satisfactory to the Board that he (i) is certified by the Board to prescribe for and treat diseases or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to Code requirements and (ii) has
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0016) on 03/09/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Abortion; born alive human infant, treatment and care, penalty. [HB-776]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
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[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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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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Sponsored by: Rep. Wren Williams
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Allow anyone with a master’s degree to sit for WV Bar exam and become licensed attorney [HB-3190]
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[Law Enforcement ]
Allow anyone with a master’s degree to sit for WV Bar exam and become licensed attorney
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Dean
Filed For Introduction on 01/12/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists [HB-2325]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists
Sponsored by: Rep. Geoff Foster
Chapter 205, Acts, Regular Session, 2022 on 04/19/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
To create the Occupational Licensing Legal Fund in the State Treasury [HB-2781]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
To create the Occupational Licensing Legal Fund in the State Treasury
Sponsored by: Rep. Geoff Foster
Filed For Introduction on 01/12/2022