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2002 SESSION
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.
A. The Board of Medicine shall require all physicians doctors of medicine or,
osteopathy and all podiatrists podiatry to report and shall make available the
following information:
1. The names of medical the schools or schools of medicine, osteopathy, or
podiatry and dates of the years of graduation;
2. Any graduate medical, osteopathic, 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, the Bureau of
Osteopathic Specialists of the American Osteopathic Association, 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 doctor to the faculty of a school of medicine, osteopathy or
podiatry 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 and telephone number of any primary and secondary practice
settings and the approximate percentage of the physician's or podiatrist's
doctor's time spent practicing in each setting. For the sole purpose of
expedited dissemination of information about a public health emergency, the doctor shall
also provide to the Board any e-mail address or facsimile number; however, such e-mail
address or facsimile number shall not be published on the profile database and
shall not be released or made available for any other purpose;
8. The access to any translating service provided to the primary and secondary
practice setting settings of the physician or podiatrist doctor;
9. The status of the physician's or podiatrist's doctor'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
doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry, as specified in the
regulations of the Board.
B. In addition, the Board shall provide for voluntary reporting of insurance plans accepted and managed care plans in which the doctor participates.
C. 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 doctor. The
Board's regulations 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 the specific numeric values of reported paid claims shall not be
released in any individually identifiable manner under any circumstances.
2. That the Board of Medicine shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment and a provision for the display of final disciplinary orders of the Board together with notices thereof and any summary suspension of a license.
3. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.