Abortion; informed consent thereto shall include determination by physician. Amending § 18.2-76. (Patron-Cole, HB 2301 (F))

Agriculture and Consumer Services, Commissioner of; century farm shall not be subject to eminent domain. Amending § 3.1-17.1. (Patron-Phillips, HB 2896 (F))

Anesthesia for fetuses; doctors required to offer. Amending § 18.2-76. (Patron-Cline, HB 2456 (F))

Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects; definitions. Amending § 54.1-400. (Patron-Morgan, HB 936 (CD); Cosgrove, HB 2950 (F))

Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects, Board for; cease and desist orders for unlicensed activity. Adding § 54.1-402.2. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 1801 (Chapter 618))

Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects, Board for; licensure exemption. Amending § 54.1-402. (Patron-Saxman, HB 2182 (F))

Assault and battery; enhanced penalty if committed against attorney for State. Amending § 18.2-57. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 2331 (F))

Attorney fees; clarifies where medical lien is asserted. Amending § 8.01-66.9. (Patron-Joannou, HB 950 (CD))

Attorney, State; duty to provide copies of police reports. Amending § 19.2-265.4. (Patron-Gear, HB 3146 (F))

Attorneys; Compensation Board to prepare list of localities eligible to have full-time for State. Amending §§ 15.2-1629 and 15.2-1631. (Patron-Moran, HB 2859 (Chapter 417))

Auctioneers Board; continuing education, waiver. Amending § 54.1-603.1. (Patron-Abbitt, HB 2341 (F))

Barbers and Cosmetology, Board for; regulation of laser or light therapy technicians. Amending §§ 54.1-700 through 54.1-703 and 54.1-704.1 through 54.1-706; adding § 54.1-703.4. (Patron-Hargrove, HB 1399 (CD))

Beekeepers; persons with 50 or fewer hives not required to process honey in certified establishment. Adding § 3.1-610.19:1. (Patron-Blevins, SB 101 (CD))

Birth control; definition thereof. Amending § 54.1-2900. (Patron-Amundson, HB 2221 (F))

Branch Pilots, Board of; limited branch pilot license. Amending § 54.1-909. (Patron-Iaquinto, HB 2522 (Chapter 326); Blevins, SB 992 (Chapter 559))

Burial and funeral expenses; preneed contracts. Amending §§ 6.1-5, 54.1-2820, and 54.1-2822. (Patron-Morgan, HB 1953 (Chapter 621))

Burial expenses; increase the disregard from countable resources when calculating Medicaid eligibility. Amending § 32.1-325. (Patron-Nixon, HB 2722 (I) See HB1953)

Cemetery operators and funeral establishments; prohibited acts. Amending §§ 54.1-2314 and 54.1-2806. (Patron-Barlow, HB 2709 (F))

Clients’ Protection Fund; Supreme Court to adopt rules assessing members of Virginia State Bar an annual fee therefor. Amending § 54.1-3913.1. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 2078 (F); Chichester, SB 1426 (Chapter 807))

Contractors, Board for; exemptions for certain career and technical education projects. Amending § 54.1-1101. (Patron-Hurt, HB 2757 (Chapter 332))

Contractors, Board for; voluntary certification of elevator mechanics. Amending §§ 54.1-1140, 54.1-1141, 54.1-1142, and 54.1-1143; adding § 54.1-1142.1. (Patron-Suit, HB 3162 (Chapter 424))

Court Reporting, Board of; created, report. Adding §§ 54.1-4500 through 54.1-4515. (Patron-Quayle, SB 216 (CD))

Court-appointed counsel; compensation for services. Amending § 19.2-163. (Patron-Putney, HB 2361 (Chapter 938); Stolle, SB 1168 (Chapter 946))

Court-appointed counsel; court may waive limit on compensation for certain cases. Amending § 19.2-163. (Patron-Putney, HB 176 (CD))

Dental hygienists; authority to administer topical oral fluorides. Amending §§ 54.1-2722 and 54.1-3408. (Patron-Melvin, HB 2994 (Chapter 702))

Dentistry licensure; removes exam requirement. Amending § 54.1-2709. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 2377 (Chapter 20))

Dietitians and nutritionists; requirements for licensure by Board of Health Professions. Amending § 54.1-2731; adding §§ 54.1-2730.1 through 54.1-2730.5. (Patron-Reid, HB 1056 (CD))

Doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry; expungement of disciplinary report if without merit. Amending § 54.1-2910.1. (Patron-Caputo, HB 1873 (I) See HB2157)

Emergency preparedness; makes several revisions related to orders of isolation and quarantine. Amending §§ 32.1-42.1, 32.1-48.06, 32.1-48.09, 32.1-48.010, 32.1-48.012, 32.1-48.013, 32.1-48.014, 32.1-48.015, and 54.1-3408; adding § 32.1-48.013:1. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 2845 (Chapter 699); Wampler, SB 1108 (Chapter 783))

Engineers, licensed professional; Board of Health, et al., to accept private site evaluations and treatment works designs therefrom. Adding § 32.1-163.6. (Patron-Morgan, HB 1950 (F))

Equine dental technicians; required to register with Board of Medicine. Amending § 54.1-3807; adding § 54.1-3813. (Patron-Scott, E.T., HB 2363 (Chapter 754))

Equine dentistry; provides exception from practice of veterinary medicine for practice thereof. Amending § 54.1-3801. (Patron-Scott, E.T., HB 644 (CD))

Fertility treatments; disclosure required of ova donors. Amending § 54.1-2971.1. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 2123 (F))

Fire and rescue squad volunteers; joint subcommittee to study incentives in an effort to recruit and retain qualified individuals. (Patron-Rust, HJR 743 (P))

Fire Marshal, Office of; transfers enforcement of Fire Prevention Code thereto. Amending §§ 2.2-4006, 9.1-203, 27-61, 27-95, 27-97, 36-99.3, 36-114, 36-118, 36-135, 36-139, and 38.2-401; adding §§ 9.1-203.1, 9.1-203.2, 9.1-206, 9.1-207, and 9.1-208; repealing §§ 36-139.2 and 36-139.3. (Patron-Cline, HB 2457 (I) See HB2356)

Fire Marshal, Office of; transfers enforcement of Fire Prevention Code thereto. Amending §§ 9.1-201, 27-61, 27-97, 27-97.2, 27-99, 36-139, and 38.2-401; adding §§ 9.1-206, 9.1-207, and 9.1-208; repealing §§ 36-139.2, 36-139.3, and 36-139.4. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 2356 (Chapter 647); Deeds, SB 1132 (Chapter 741))

Firearms; civil immunity for sellers, and requires criminal records check on transferee. Amending § 54.1-4200; adding §§ 8.01-226.12, 18.2-308.2:4, and 54.1-4201.2. (Patron-Devolites Davis, SB 827 (F))

Funeral services licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers; continuing education requirements. Amending § 54.1-2816.1. (Patron-Alexander, HB 1300 (CD))

Gamete donors; anonymous donations thereof prohibited in medical procedures. Adding § 54.1-2403.4. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 412 (CD))

Grand jury, special; impanelling by State attorney. Amending §§ 19.2-206 and 19.2-210. (Patron-Wardrup, HB 2204 (F))

Health care practitioner; authority to send laboratory test results directly to patient. Adding § 54.1-2409.4. (Patron-Frederick, HB 3061 (Chapter 887); Puller, SB 1341 (Chapter 930))

Health Commissioner; required to designate licensed physician to coordinate women’s health efforts. Amending § 32.1-19. (Patron-Howell, SB 1225 (Chapter 793))

Health Commissioner; required to designate licensed physician to oversee minority health efforts. Amending § 32.1-19. (Patron-Spruill, HB 3043 (Chapter 343))

Health insurance; assignment of benefits to emergency care physicians. Amending § 2.2-2818; adding § 38.2-3407.12:1. (Patron-Morgan, HB 946 (CD))

Health insurance; refusal to accept assignments from patients or physicians prohibited. Adding § 38.2-3407.13:3. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 253 (CD))

Health Professions, Department of; information to complainants and disciplinary proceedings. Amending § 54.1-2400.2. (Patron-Callahan, HB 1682 (Chapter 395))

Health regulatory boards; summary restriction of licenses. Amending § 54.1-2408.1. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 2212 (Chapter 22))

Home Care Consumer and Worker Protection Act; created. Adding §§ 59.1-459.1 through 59.1-459.6. (Patron-Nutter, HB 425 (CD))

Hospitals and health care practitioners; use of reprocessed single-use medical devices, penalty. Adding §§ 32.1-135.3 and 54.1-2403.001. (Patron-Sickles, HB 768 (CD))

Humane investigators; restores program thereof. Amending § 3.1-796.106. (Patron-Ticer, SB 930 (F))

Income tax, state; provides nonrefundable tax credit to police officers and professional firefighters. Adding § 58.1-339.12. (Patron-Miller, P.J., HB 3103 (F))

Income tax, state; veterinarian pro bono services and companion animal adoption tax credits. Adding §§ 58.1-339.12 and 58.1-339.13. (Patron-Hull, HB 3053 (F))

Involuntary commitment hearings; law students may represent a petitioner without a practicing attorney. Amending § 54.1-3900. (Patron-Cuccinelli, SB 741 (F))

Lead poisoning prevention; Board of Health to promulgate regulations to require physicians to make available to parents information on dangers thereof. Amending § 32.1-46.1. (Patron-Ebbin, HB 3167 (Chapter 691))

Lieu of posting bond; adds surety bonds, bank checks, etc., from an attorney’s escrow account to type of payment. Amending § 16.1-108. (Patron-Joannou, HB 2788 (Chapter 131))

Magistrates; required to deliver copy of any criminal warrant issued at request of citizen to State attorney at his request. Amending § 19.2-45. (Patron-Scott, E.T., HB 2364 (Chapter 122); Houck, SB 997 (Chapter 373))

Mechanic’s lien; adds certification of mailing therefor by general contractor. Amending §§ 43-5, 43-8, and 43-10. (Patron-Janis, HB 2579 (Chapter 504))

Mechanic’s liens; certification of mailing for certain contractors. Amending § 43-4. (Patron-Janis, HB 2580 (Chapter 505))

Medical doctors; joint subcommittee to study how State should address existing and upcoming severe shortage thereof. (Patron-Purkey, HJR 643 (F))

Medical practitioners; requires criminal history background checks therefor. Adding § 54.1-2905.1. (Patron-Purkey, HB 1944 (F))

Medical students; prohibition of unauthorized pelvic exams. Amending § 54.1-2959. (Patron-Bell, HB 2969 (Chapter 678))

Medicine, Board of; disciplinary procedure. Amending §§ 54.1-2900, 54.1-2910.1, and 54.1-2912.3; adding § 54.1-2910.2. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 2157 (Chapter 861))

Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; provides criteria for awarding of attorney fees. Amending §§ 46.2-1527.3 and 46.2-1527.5. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 1779 (Chapter 826))

Naturopathy; establishes licensure requirements. Amending §§ 54.1-2900, 54.1-2901, 54.1-2914, and 54.1-3401; adding §§ 54.1-2956.12 through 54.1-2956.16. (Patron-Phillips, HB 1389 (CD); Puckett, SB 517 (CD))

Nurse, licensed; local school boards to employ for each school. Amending § 22.1-274. (Patron-Lewis, HB 1719 (I) See HB2479; Crockett-Stark, HB 2479 (F))

Nurses and nursing aides, licensed practical; Board of Nursing to study pay parity therefor. (Patron-Carrico, HJR 631 (F))

Nursing, Board of; continuing education requirements for nurses. Adding §§ 54.1-3018.1 and 54.1-3021.1. (Patron-McDougle, SB 872 (F))

Nursing Facility Quality Improvement Program; Director of Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish program thereof. Amending §§ 32.1-353.1, 32.1-353.2, and 32.1-353.3; repealing §§ 32.1-353.4 and 32.1-353.5. (Patron-Watts, HB 2290 (Chapter 474))

Obstruction of justice; person who threatens attorney of State guilty of felony. Amending § 18.2-460. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 2332 (Chapter 282))

Onsite sewage disposal system; certification of certain workers. Amending §§ 10.1-2117, 15.2-2157, 32.1-163, 32.1-164, 54.1-300, 54.1-2300, 54.1-2301, and 54.1-2302. (Patron-Herring, SB 1270 (Chapter 924))

Onsite sewage systems; requires Board of Health to establish program for operation and maintenance thereof. Amending §§ 32.1-163, 32.1-164, 54.1-300, 54.1-2300, 54.1-2301, and 54.1-2302; adding § 32.1-164.8. (Patron-Morgan, HB 3134 (Chapter 892))

Oral contraceptives; requirements for prescribing for minors. Adding § 54.1-2403.4. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 1199 (CD))

Paramedics; authorized to engage in practice of professional nursing. Adding §§ 54.1-3018.1 and 54.1-3021.1. (Patron-Cuccinelli, SB 1324 (F))

Parasail operators; Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to promulgate regulations applicable thereto. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 2031 (Chapter 625))

Parasail operators; localities by ordinance to regulate. Adding § 15.2-912.4. (Patron-Purkey, HB 747 (CD))

Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers; adds regulation thereof to current statutes regulating. Amending §§ 54.1-4000, 54.1-4001, 54.1-4002, and 54.1-4009 through 54.1-4014. (Patron-Stolle, SB 1176 (F))

Petroleum Storage Tank Fund; reports submitted by professionally certified engineer, geologist, or soil scientist. Amending § 62.1-44.34:11. (Patron-Eisenberg, HB 2085 (F))

Pharmacist; requirement that sell and dispense drugs. Adding § 54.1-3410.01. (Patron-Hall, HB 2842 (F))

Pharmacy benefits management; payment for clean claims submitted electronically. Adding § 38.2-3407.9:03. (Patron-Puckett, SB 1084 (Chapter 839))

Pharmacy benefits managers; regulation thereof. Adding §§ 38.2-3438 through 38.2-3443. (Patron-Morgan, HB 1954 (F))

Pharmacy benefits managers; requirements for regulation and registration. Amending §§ 38.2-3407.4:2, 38.2-3407.5, 38.2-3407.5:1, 38.2-3407.6:1, 38.2-3407.7, 38.2-3407.9:01, 38.2-3407.9:02, 38.2-3407.15, 38.2-4209.1, 38.2-4214, 38.2-4312.1, 38.2-4319, and 38.2-4509; adding §§ 38.2-1365 through 38.2-1384. (Patron-Morgan, HB 945 (CD))

Pharmacy, Board of; grounds for discipline. Amending §§ 54.1-3316, 54.1-3434.3, 54.1-3435.1, and 54.1-3435.3; repealing §§ 54.1-3315, 54.1-3322, and 54.1-3435.5. (Patron-Jones, S.C., HB 2649 (Chapter 662))

Pharmacy, Board of; membership. Amending § 54.1-3305. (Patron-Saslaw, SB 1391 (F))

Physical therapists; allows patients to seek treatment therefrom. Amending § 54.1-3482; adding § 54.1-3482.1. (Patron-Janis, HB 2087 (Chapter 18); Newman, SB 1305 (Chapter 9))

Physician assistants; expands therapeutic activities they may perform under supervision of licensed physician or podiatrist. Amending § 54.1-2952. (Patron-Edwards, SB 980 (F))

Physician assistants, licensed; authorized to prescribe Schedule II through VI controlled substances and devices. Amending § 54.1-2952.1. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 1963 (Chapter 16))

Physician, licensed; authority to send laboratory results directly to patient. Adding § 54.1-2409.4. (Patron-McQuigg, HB 2045 (I) See HB3061)

Physician, licensed; authority to send laboratory results directly to patient. Adding § 54.1-2973.1. (Patron-Hall, HB 2843 (I) See HB3061)

Physicians; definition of office practice. Amending § 54.1-2410. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 620 (CD))

Physicians; exceptions to immunity for laboratory tests ordered. Amending § 8.01-581.18:1. (Patron-Athey, HB 2416 (F))

Physicians; persons without degree knowingly representing themselves as such. Amending § 54.1-2903. (Patron-Purkey, HB 1938 (F))

Police chaplains; certification thereof. Amending § 9.1-102; adding §§ 9.1-187 and 9.1-187.1. (Patron-Crockett-Stark, HB 2477 (F))

Practitioners; may authorize certain personnel to administer drugs and devices. Amending § 54.1-3408. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 2037 (Chapter 17))

Practitioners of natural foods, etc.; exemptions to licensure requirements. Amending § 54.1-2901. (Patron-Lucas, SB 422 (CD))

Precious metals dealers; required to obtain thumbprints of both hands of individual selling item. Amending §§ 54.1-4101 and 54.1-4104. (Patron-Stolle, SB 654 (CD))

Pregnant Women Support Fund; created. Amending § 54.1-2403.01; adding § 32.1-11.6. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 3183 (Chapter 822); Puckett, SB 1088 (Chapter 780))

Preneed Funeral Contract Recovery Fund; created. Amending §§ 54.1-2800, 54.1-2803, 54.1-2806, and 54.1-2822.1; adding § 54.1-2824.1. (Patron-Alexander, HB 1299 (CD))

Preneed funeral contracts; clarifies deposits in trust accounts thereof. Amending § 54.1-2822. (Patron-Nixon, HB 571 (CD))

Private attorney or collection agency; may collect fines, etc., and have access to DMV records. Amending § 19.2-349. (Patron-Miller, P.J., HB 3051 (F))

Private attorneys or collection agencies; may have access to defendant’s social security number to assist in collection effort. Amending § 19.2-349. (Patron-McDougle, SB 873 (Chapter 551))

Privileged communications; physician peer review and physician accreditation entities. Amending § 8.01-581.17. (Patron-Albo, HB 3090 (Chapter 530))

Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; changes membership of Fair Housing Board. Amending § 54.1-2344. (Patron-Rapp, HB 2595 (Chapter 874))

Professional Boxing, Wrestling and Martial Arts Advisory Board; created. Amending § 54.1-829; adding § 54.1-831.01. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 1798 (Chapter 853))

Public Accountancy; revises and makes several amendments to public accounting statute. Amending §§ 54.1-1106, 54.1-4400 through 54.1-4408, 54.1-4411, 54.1-4414, 54.1-4415, 54.1-4416, 54.1-4418, 54.1-4420, 54.1-4421, and 54.1-4423; adding §§ 54.1-4409.1, 54.1-4409.2, 54.1-4412.1, and 54.1-4413.2 through 54.1-4413.5; repealing §§ 54.1-4409, 54.1-4410, 54.1-4412, 54.1-4413, 54.1-4413.1, 54.1-4417, and 54.1-4419. (Patron-Stosch, SB 1395 (Chapter 804))

Real Estate Board; applicants for initial licensure as real estate broker. Amending § 54.1-2105. (Patron-Puckett, SB 1093 (F))

Real Estate Recovery Fund; certain limitations upon recovery therefrom. Amending § 54.1-2116. (Patron-Shannon, HB 1605 (CD))

Real Estate Transaction Recovery Fund; allows interest thereon to be used to educate public as well as real estate licensees. Amending § 54.1-2113. (Patron-Locke, SB 1185 (Chapter 791))

Residential Property Disclosure Act; amends required residential property disclosure/disclaimer statement. Amending §§ 54.1-2105.1, 55-517 through 55-522, 55-524, and 55-525. (Patron-Suit, HB 2011 (Chapter 265))

Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain contractors. Amending § 58.1-610. (Patron-Frederick, HB 1620 (F))

Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain personal property purchased by contractor. Amending § 58.1-609.3. (Patron-Blevins, SB 994 (F))

Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include volunteer fire departments and rescue squads. Amending §§ 15.2-1104.1, 58.1-3, 58.1-609.10, 58.1-609.11, 58.1-609.12, and 58.1-3818. (Patron-Morgan, HB 1948 (I) See HB2545)

Retirement System; certain conditions for retirees hired as nurses. Amending § 51.1-155. (Patron-Cline, HB 2693 (F))

Retirement System; retirees hired as nurses. Amending § 51.1-155. (Patron-Valentine, HB 1731 (F))

Salespersons and brokers; Real Estate Board to adopt regulations establishing educational requirements therefor. Amending §§ 54.1-2100, 54.1-2105, 54.1-2105.1, and 54.1-2344; adding §§ 54.1-2105.01 through 54.1-2105.04. (Patron-Cox, HB 2064 (Chapter 809))

Salvinorin A; included as a Schedule I hallucinogenic. Amending § 54.1-3446. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 2844 (F))

Schedule III controlled substances; adds embutramide to list thereof. Amending § 54.1-3450. (Patron-Morgan, HB 2178 (Chapter 14))

Secondhand dealers; adds regulation thereof to current statutes regulating pawnbrokers. Amending §§ 54.1-4000 through 54.1-4003, 54.1-4008 through 54.1-4011, and 54.1-4014; adding § 54.1-4015. (Patron-Stolle, SB 653 (CD))

Security and Immigration Compliance Act; public bodies and contractors who intend to contract to register and participate in Basic Pilot Program. Amending §§ 18.2-59, 58.1-322, and 58.1-402; adding §§ 2.2-4308.2, 9.1-150.5, and 19.2-83.2. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 2826 (F))

Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals, Board for; extends waiver of requirements for professional wetland delineator certification. Amending § 54.1-2206.2. (Patron-Hall, HB 2839 (Chapter 334))

State Firefighter’s Association; created. Amending § 9.1-202; repealing Chapter 343, 1896 Acts. (Patron-Puckett, SB 1090 (Chapter 96))

Surgical complications; requires physicians to report from elective outpatient procedures. Adding §§ 32.1-162.23 through 32.1-162.26. (Patron-Janis, HB 2583 (F))

Tattoo parlors; City of Fairfax may by ordinance reasonably limit number thereof within locality. Adding § 15.2-912.01. (Patron-Devolites Davis, SB 837 (F))

Temporary detention orders; licensed physician to complete in-person evaluation necessary for magistrate to issue. Amending § 37.2-809. (Patron-Bell, HB 2955 (Chapter 526))

Towing and Recovery Operators, Board for; review of contracts. Adding § 46.2-2826.1. (Patron-Hugo, HB 2129 (F))

Vision care services and products; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study impact of current law impeding accessibility thereto. (Patron-Putney, HJR 641 (F))

Volunteer assistant attorneys; adds City of Richmond to those localities with authority to appoint. Amending second enactment of Chapter 913, 2000 Acts. (Patron-McDougle, SB 1067 (Chapter 719))