Professions And Occupations
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Telemedicine; out-of-state providers, behavioral health services provided by practitioner. [HB-537]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Telemedicine; out of state providers; behavioral health services. Allows certain practitioners of professions regulated by the Boards of Medicine, Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work who provide behavioral health services and who are licensed in another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession and in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda E. Batten
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0275) on 04/08/2022
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Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation and representation for name, image, etc. [SB-223]
[Sports ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness. Establishes several parameters for the compensation and representation of a student-athlete related to the use of such student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any private institution of higher education, associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education, or baccalaureate public institution of higher education or any agent thereof; athletic association; athletic conference; or other organization with authority over
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy S. McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0638) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation and representation for name, image, etc. [HB-507]
[Sports ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness. Establishes several parameters for the compensation and representation of a student-athlete related to the use of such student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any private institution of higher education, associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education, or baccalaureate public institution of higher education or any agent thereof; athletic association; athletic conference; or other organization with authority over
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0510) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; residential property disclosure statement form. [HB-376]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Virginia Residential Property Disclosures Act; Real Estate Board; residential property disclosure statement form. Requires the residential property disclosure statement form developed by the Real Estate Board and maintained on its website to include a statement signed by the parties acknowledging that the purchaser has been advised of the disclosures listed in residential property disclosure statement. Under current law, the form that contains the statement to be signed by the parties is not required to be included with the residential property
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Sponsored by: Rep. Wendy W. Gooditis
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Automatic fire sprinkler inspectors; certification, exempts building officials and fire officials. [HB-474]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Board for Contractors; certification of automatic fire sprinkler inspectors; exempts building officials and fire officials. Exempts building officials enforcing the Uniform Statewide Building Code and fire officials enforcing the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code Act from the certification requirements applicable to automatic fire sprinkler inspectors.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emily M. Brewer
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0340) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Real property; duty to disclose ownership interest and lis pendens. [SB-311]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
Real property; duty to disclose ownership interest and lis pendens. Provides that a real estate licensee has an affirmative duty, upon having substantive discussions about specific real property, to disclose in writing to the purchaser, seller, lessor, or lessee of the property if he, any member of his family, his firm, any member of his firm, or any entity in which he has an ownership interest has or will have an ownership interest as a party to the transaction and must also disclose in writing that he is a licensee. The bill requires that an owner
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin
Requires 2/3 Affirmative Votes To Pass In Enrolled Form on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Nursing, Board of; power and duty to prescribe minimum standards, etc., for educational programs. [HB-604]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Board of Nursing; education programs; oversight. Gives the Board of Nursing the power and duty to prescribe minimum standards and approve curricula for educational programs preparing persons for registration as a medication aide and to provide periodic surveys of training programs. Board of Nursing; education programs; oversight. Gives the Board of Nursing the power and duty to prescribe minimum standards and approve curricula for educational programs preparing persons for registration as a medication aide and to provide periodic surveys of training
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark D. Sickles
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0677) on 04/11/2022
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Provide for occupational licenses or other authorization to practice by recognition for qualified applicants from other states [HB-2007]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Provide for occupational licenses or other authorization to practice by recognition for qualified applicants from other states
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Espinosa
Filed For Introduction on 01/12/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Unaccompanied homeless youth; consent to medical care. [HB-353]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Unaccompanied homeless youth; consent to medical care. Provides that except for the purposes of sterilization or abortion, a minor who is 14 years of age or older and who is an unaccompanied homeless youth shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of consenting to surgical or medical examination or treatment, including dental examination and treatment, for himself or his minor child. The bill describes evidence sufficient to determine that a minor is an unaccompanied homeless youth and provides that no health care provider shall be liable for any
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Abortion; born alive human infant, failure to provide treatment and care, penalty. [HB-304]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Abortion; born alive infant; treatment and care; penalty. Requires every health care provider 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 an 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 infant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy J. Byron
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules (11-y 4-n) on 03/04/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis; replaces the term "marijuana" throughout the Cannabis Control Act. [HB-287]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Cannabis. Replaces the term "marijuana" with the term "cannabis" throughout the Cannabis Control Act. The bill also replaces the terms "botanical cannabis" and "cannabis" with the term "medical cannabis" throughout the sections of the Code of Virginia that govern pharmaceutical processors and the issuance of written certifications for the use of cannabis products and oil.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dawn M. Adams
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Nurse practitioners; authorized to declare death and determine cause of death. [HB-286]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Nurse practitioners; declaration of death and cause of death. Authorizes autonomous nurse practitioners, defined in the bill, to declare death and determine cause of death; allows nurse practitioners who are not autonomous nurse practitioners to pronounce the death of a patient in certain circumstances; and eliminates the requirement for a valid Do Not Resuscitate Order for the deceased patient for declaration of death by a registered nurse, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who is not an autonomous nurse practitioner. Nurse practitioners;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dawn M. Adams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0184) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Clinical nurse specialist; practice agreements. [HB-285]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Clinical nurse specialist; practice agreements. Provides that a nurse practitioner licensed by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing in the category of clinical nurse specialist who does not prescribe controlled substances or devices may practice in the practice category in which he is certified and licensed without a written or electronic practice agreement, provided that he (i) only practice within the scope of his clinical and professional training and limits of his knowledge and experience and consistent with the applicable standards of care, (ii)
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0197) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Real Estate Appraiser Board; continuing education to include fair housing or appraisal bias courses. [HB-284]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
Real Estate Appraiser Board; continuing education to include fair housing or appraisal bias courses. Provides that any regulation of the Real Estate Appraiser Board setting out continuing education requirements for real estate appraiser licensees as a prerequisite of license renewal shall include at least two hours of fair housing or appraisal bias courses if the Board requires continuing education for the renewal of such licenses. The bill directs the Real Estate Appraiser Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus B. Simon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0118) on 04/06/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Real property; duty to disclose ownership interest and lis pendens. [HB-281]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
Real property; duty to disclose ownership interest and lis pendens. Provides that a real estate licensee has an affirmative duty, upon having substantive discussions about specific real property, to disclose in writing to the purchaser, seller, lessor, or lessee of the property if he, any member of his family, his firm, any member of his firm, or any entity in which he has an ownership interest has or will have an ownership interest as a party to the transaction and must also disclose in writing that he is a licensee. The bill requires that an owner
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Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Emerson Coyner
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0610) on 04/11/2022
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Codify an advisory council for the appraiser certification program. [HB-1061]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Codify an advisory council for the appraiser certification program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ernie Otten
Senate Do Pass Amended, Failed, Yeas 13, Nays 22. S.j. 279 on 02/16/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure. [HB-264]
[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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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris T. Head
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0753) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Optometrists; allowed to perform laser surgery if certified by Board of Optometry. [HB-213]
[Healthcare ]
[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: Rep. Roxann L. Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0017) on 03/09/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, and podiatric medicine; requirements for practitioners. [HB-243]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
Practitioners of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, and podiatric medicine; requirements. Increases the duration of postgraduate training required issuance of a license to practice medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatric medicine from 12 months to 36 months and requires every practitioner licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, and podiatric medicine to obtain and maintain coverage by or to be named insured on a professional liability insurance policy with limits equal to the current limitation on damages set forth in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dawn M. Adams
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Professional counselors, licensed; added to list of providers who can disclose or recommend records. [HB-242]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Practice of licensed professional counselors. Adds licensed professional counselors to the list of eligible providers who can disclose or recommend the withholding of patient records, face a malpractice review panel, and provide recommendations on involuntary temporary detention orders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dawn M. Adams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0509) on 04/11/2022