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2003 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1820
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
on January 14, 2003)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Morgan)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-2400.02, relating to information concerning health professionals; posting of addresses on the Internet.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-2400.02 as follows:

§ 54.1-2400.02. Information concerning health professionals; posting of addresses on the Internet.

In order to protect the privacy and security of health professionals, the posting of addresses to the on-line licensure lookup or any successor in interest thereof shall only disclose the city or county provided to the Department and shall not include any street, rural delivery route, or post office address. However, the street address of facilities regulated by the Boards of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine shall be posted.