Professions And Occupations
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure. [SB-369]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Telecommunications ]
Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses; deemed licensure. Allows a practitioner of a profession regulated by the Board of Medicine who is licensed in another state or the District of Columbia and who is in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in that state or the District of Columbia to engage in the practice of that profession in the Commonwealth with a patient located in the Commonwealth when (i) such practice is for the purpose of providing continuity of care through the use of telemedicine services and (ii) the patient
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Expanding the eligibility requirements for private investigator and security guard licensure [HB-2491]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the eligibility requirements for private investigator and security guard licensure
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to requirements for a registered veterinary nurse [HB-3053]
[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Relating to requirements for a registered veterinary nurse
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Regulating pawnbrokers [SB-202]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Regulating pawnbrokers
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Updating telepsychology compact [SB-214]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Updating telepsychology compact
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate to practice in WV [SB-120]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate to practice in WV
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to the administration of anesthetics [HB-2674]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to the administration of anesthetics
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Restricting the authority of the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to regulate the use of commonly available, retail beauty products [HB-2333]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Restricting the authority of the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to regulate the use of commonly available, retail beauty products
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Create the Volunteer Immunity and Charitable Organization Liability Limit Act [HB-2579]
[Nonprofit ]
[Insurance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Create the Volunteer Immunity and Charitable Organization Liability Limit Act
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Establishing licensed professional counseling compact [SB-213]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing licensed professional counseling compact
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Establishing Chuck Yeager Mountain State Medal of Excellence [SB-131]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
Establishing Chuck Yeager Mountain State Medal of Excellence
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Creating the Interstate Mobility and Universal-Recognition Occupational Licensing Act (the Freedom to Travel Act) [HB-3052]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Creating the Interstate Mobility and Universal-Recognition Occupational Licensing Act (the Freedom to Travel Act)
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
To allow another round of “buy in” to the old public employees retirement plan for those that didn’t last time [HB-2800]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To allow another round of “buy in” to the old public employees retirement plan for those that didn’t last time
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Establishing occupational therapy compact [SB-221]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing occupational therapy compact
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Counseling Compact; Dept. of Health Professions shall review merits entering into Compact. [SB-257]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Department of Health Professions; Counseling Compact review; report. Directs the Department of Health Professions to review the merits of the Commonwealth entering into the Counseling Compact, an interstate compact to facilitate the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors. The bill requires the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly no later than September 1, 2022. Department of Health Professions; Counseling Compact review; report. Directs the Department of Health Professions to review the merits of the Commonwealth
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Abuse & neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, definitions, penalties. [HB-496]
[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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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Common interest communities; prohibition on refusal to recognize a licensed real estate broker. [HB-470]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Common interest communities; prohibition on refusal to recognize a licensed real estate broker. Clarifies the prohibition on property owners' associations and unit owners' associations pursuant to the Property Owners' Association Act (§ 55.1-1800 et seq.) and the Virginia Condominium Act (§ 55.1-1900 et seq.), as the case may be, refusing to recognize a licensed real estate broker that is designated by the lot owner or unit owner as such lot owner's or unit owner's authorized representative, provided that the property owners' association or unit
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Health care providers; transfer of patient records in conjunction with closure, etc. [HB-555]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Health care providers; transfer of patient records in conjunction with closure, sale, or relocation of practice; electronic notice permitted. Allows health care providers to notify patients either electronically or by mail prior to the transfer of patient records in conjunction with the closure, sale, or relocation of the health care provider's practice. Current law requires health care providers to provide such notice by mail.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Registered surgical technologist; criteria for registration. [HB-598]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Certified surgical technologist; criteria for certification. Requires the Board of Medicine to certify as a surgical technologist any applicant who has practiced as a surgical technologist or attended a surgical technologist training program at any time prior to October 1, 2022, and registers with the Board by December 31, 2022. Under current law, an applicant who practiced as a surgical technologist at any time in the six months prior to July 1, 2021, and registered by December 31, 2021, is eligible for certification by the Board. The bill also
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice. [SB-317]
[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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