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2001 SPECIAL SESSION I


CHAPTER 5
An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-2910.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to data required by the Board of Medicine.
[S 10]
Approved July 19, 2001

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 54.1-2910.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 54.1-2910.1. Certain data required.

The Board of Medicine shall require all physicians of medicine or osteopathy and all podiatrists to report and shall make available the following information:

1. The names of medical schools or schools of podiatry and dates of graduation;

2. Any graduate medical or graduate podiatric education at any institution approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduation Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association or the Council on Podiatric Medical Education;

3. Any specialty board certification or eligibility for certification as approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association;

4. The number of years in active, clinical practice as specified by regulations of the Board;

5. Any insurance plans accepted, managed care plans in which the physician or podiatrist participates, and hospital affiliations;

6. Any appointments, within the most recent ten-year period, of the physician to a medical school faculty or of the podiatrist to a school of podiatry faculty and any publications in peer-reviewed literature within the most recent five-year period and as specified by regulations of the Board;

7. The location of any primary and secondary practice settings and the approximate percentage of the physician's or podiatrist's time spent practicing in each setting;

8. The access to any translating service provided to the primary practice setting of the physician or podiatrist;

9. The status of the physician's or podiatrist's participation in the Virginia Medicaid Program;

10. Any final disciplinary or other action required to be reported to the Board by health care institutions, other practitioners, insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, and professional organizations pursuant to §§ 54.1-2906, 54.1-2908, and 54.1-2909 that results in a suspension or revocation of privileges or the termination of employment or a final order of the Board relating to disciplinary action;

11. Conviction of any felony; and

12. Final orders of the Board or any comparable regulatory board of another jurisdiction that result in the denial, probation, revocation, suspension or restriction of any license or that result in the reprimand or censure of any licensee; and

13. Other information related to the competency of physicians or podiatrists as specified in the regulations of the Board.

The Board shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, the release, upon request from a consumer, of such information relating to a specific physician or a podiatrist. The Board's regulations promulgated by the Board shall provide for reports to include all paid claims in categories indicating the level of significance of each award or settlement; however, other information related to the competency of physicians or podiatrists that is reported to the Board pursuant to subdivision 13 above or reports or complaints of misconduct that have not resulted in any disciplinary action or proceeding shall only be made available upon a request from a consumer identifying the specific physician or podiatrist for whom the information is requested or as provided in § 54.1-2400.3.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.