Professions And Occupations
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Common interest communities; prohibition on refusal to recognize a licensed real estate broker. [SB-197]
[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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Sponsored by: Sen. Mason Taylor Montgomery
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0066) on 04/01/2022
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Gettr Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Practical nurses, licensed; authority to pronounce death for a patient in hospice, etc. [SB-169]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Licensed practical nurses; authority to pronounce death. Extends to licensed practical nurses the authority to pronounce the death of a patient in hospice, provided that certain conditions are met. Current law provides that physicians, registered nurses, and physician assistants may pronounce death. Licensed practical nurses; authority to pronounce death. Extends to licensed practical nurses the authority to pronounce the death of a patient in hospice, provided that certain conditions are met. Current law provides that physicians, registered nurses,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark J. Peake
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0198) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Cemetery Board; appointment of receiver upon revocation or surrender of license to operate cemetery. [SB-183]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Public Safety ]
Cemetery Board; appointment of receiver upon revocation or surrender of license to operate cemetery in Virginia. Requires the Cemetery Board to petition a court of record having equity jurisdiction over the licensee or any of the funds held by him if the Board has reason to believe that (i) the licensee is not able to adequately protect the interest of the person involved; (ii) the licensee has had his license suspended, revoked, or surrendered; and (iii) the conduct of the licensee or the operation of the cemetery threatens the interests of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank M. Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0161) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act. [HB-193]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0114) on 04/06/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Alkaline hydrolysis; work group to determine regulatory & statutory changes needed to legalize, etc. [SB-129]
[Public Health ]
Study; Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; alkaline hydrolysis work group; report. Directs the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to convene a work group to study how to legalize, implement, and regulate the process of alkaline hydrolysis in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Board to report the results of the study to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on or before November 1, 2022. Study; Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; alkaline hydrolysis
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph D. Morrissey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text Reprinted (chap0191) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Physician assistants; practice. [HB-145]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Practice of physician assistants. Removes the requirement that physician assistants appointed as medical examiners practice as part of a patient care team. For hospice program licensing, the bill adds physician assistants to the list of hospice personnel who may be part of a medically directed interdisciplinary team. The bill removes a reference to physician assistants in the definition of patient care team podiatrist. Finally, the bill permits physician assistants working in the field of orthopedics as part of a patient care team to utilize fluoroscopy
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris T. Head
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0151) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Abuse and neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, penalties. [SB-126]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
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, advanced age, or other causes to the extent the adult lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make, communicate, or carry out reasonable decisions concerning
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark D. Obenshain
Incorporated By Judiciary on 02/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses, requirements. [HB-117]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses; requirements. Requires, before an applicant is permitted to take the Virginia bar exam, that the applicant furnish to the Board of Bar Examiners satisfactory evidence that he has satisfactorily completed legal studies amounting to at least five semesters, or the equivalent of at least five semesters on a system other than a semester system, of full-time study at a law school approved by the American Bar Association or the Board of Bar Examiners. Under current law, an applicant is required to have
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry G. Kilgore
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0148) on 04/07/2022
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Revise renewal and licensing requirements for plumbers. [HB-1043]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
Revise renewal and licensing requirements for plumbers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Will D. Mortenson
Signed By The Governor On February 23, 2022 H.j. 443 on 02/23/2022
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Adopt the 2021 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code, and allow for selective adoption of provisions within the Uniform Plumbing Code by municipalities. [HB-1044]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Adopt the 2021 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code, and allow for selective adoption of provisions within the Uniform Plumbing Code by municipalities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Will D. Mortenson
Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted, Passed, Yeas 34, Nays 0. S.j. 456 on 03/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Funeral service licensees, funeral directors, etc.; continuing education completion every 3 years. [HB-99]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Continuing education; funeral service licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers. Provides that approved continuing education courses for funeral service licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers shall include either one hour of compliance with laws and regulations governing the profession or one hour of preneed funeral arrangements per year, provided that at least one hour of continuing education regarding preneed funeral arrangements is completed every three years. Current law requires at least one hour of compliance with laws and regulations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris T. Head
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0170) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Prescriptions; off-label use. [HB-102]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Prescriptions; off-label use. Provides that a prescriber may prescribe, administer, or dispense and a pharmacist may 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 prescriber or pharmacist determines, in his professional judgment, that such off-label use is appropriate for the standard of care and such prescribing, administering, or dispensing is to improve health care outcomes. The bill also prohibits a hospital from denying, revoking, terminating, diminishing, or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave A. LaRock
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (8-y 7-n) on 02/24/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Summons; promise to appear after issuance. [SB-98]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Promise to appear after the issuance of a summons. Provides that if any person refuses to give a written promise to appear, the arresting officer shall give such person notice of the time and place of the hearing, note such person's refusal to give his written promise to appear on the summons, and forthwith release him from custody. Under current law, any person refusing to give such written promise to appear is required to be taken immediately by the arresting officer before a magistrate or other issuing officer having jurisdiction. Promise to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett W. Hanger
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Licensed programs, DBHDS; cardiopulmonary resuscitation for program participants. [SB-100]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services licensed programs; cardiopulmonary resuscitation for program participants. Allows employees of programs licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who are certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to comply with a program participant's valid written order not to resuscitate in the event of cardiac and respiratory arrest if the valid written order not to resuscitate is included in the program participant's individualized service plan. The bill directs the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett W. Hanger
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0709) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Out-of-state audiologists; providing free health care to an underserved area in the Commonwealth. [HB-84]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Human Services ]
Volunteer audiologists. Permits out-of-state Volunteer audiologists. Permits out-of-state audiologists to volunteer to provide free health care to an underserved area of the Commonwealth under the auspices of a publicly supported nonprofit organization that sponsors the provision of health care to populations of underserved people if they do so for a period not exceeding three consecutive days and if the nonprofit organization verifies that the practitioner has a valid, unrestricted license in another state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terry G. Kilgore
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0173) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
COVID-19; prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for treatment. [SB-73]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19. Provides that licensed health care providers with prescriptive authority may prescribe, administer, or dispense hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to a patient with a clinical diagnosis of COVID-19. The bill prohibits the Board of Medicine from initiating a disciplinary action against a licensed health care provider solely for prescribing, administering, or dispensing hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin to a patient with a clinical diagnosis of COVID-19, provided such clinical
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda F. Chase
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 6-n) on 01/20/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Prescription drug donation program; Bd. of Pharmacy shall convene a work group to evaluate, report. [SB-14]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Board of Pharmacy; prescription drug donation program; work group. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group of interested stakeholders to evaluate any challenges and barriers to participation in the prescription drug donation program and ways to increase program participation, education, and outreach. Board of Pharmacy; prescription drug donation program; work group. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group of interested stakeholders to evaluate any challenges and barriers to participation in the prescription drug donation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0703) on 04/27/2022
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Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)
Federal ballot voters; identification [SCR-1005]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Federal ballot voters; identification
Sponsored by: Sen. Kelly J. Townsend
Senate Gov Committee Action: Do Pass, Voting: (4-2-1-0) on 01/31/2022
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West Virginia 2021 3rd Special Session
Establishing Medal of Valor for emergency medical service personnel, firefighters, and law-enforcement officers [SB-3027]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing Medal of Valor for emergency medical service personnel, firefighters, and law-enforcement officers
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Harrison Baldwin
Chapter 31, Acts, 3rd Extraordinary Session, 2021 on 11/03/2021
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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session
Creating Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact [SB-668]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Creating Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Woelfel
Chapter 200, Acts, Regular Session, 2021 on 05/24/2021