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2009 SESSION
093270820Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 54.1-2506.1 and 54.1-3012.1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-2506.1. Submission of required information.
A. The Department is authorized to require individuals
applying for initial licensure, certification, registration, or a multistate
licensure privilege, and individuals who are licensed to practice
medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or to practice as a physician
assistant, nurse practitioner or dental hygienist, certified, or
registered by or who hold a multistate licensure privilege issued by a health
regulatory board to provide information in addition to that which is
required to determine the individual's qualifications to be licensed.
Such additional information shall identifyinclude identification of
the individual's specialtyself-designated specialties and subspecialtysubspecialties;
credentials and certifications issued by professional associations,
institutions and boards; and locations of each practice site,
and number of hours spent practicing at each practice site location,
and demographic information. The Department, in consultation with the
health regulatory boards, may establish criteria to identify additional data
elements deemed necessary for workforce and health planning purposes. Such
information shall be collected and maintained by the Department for manpowerworkforce
and health planning purposes in cooperation with agencies and institutions
of the Commonwealth and shall be released by the Department only in the
aggregate without reference to any licensee'sperson's name or
other individual identifying particularsidentifiers; however, the
Department may release any information that identifies specific individuals for
the purpose of determining shortage designations and to qualified personnel if
pertinent to an investigation, research, or study, provided a written agreement
between such qualified personnel and the Department, which ensures that any
person to whom such identities are divulged shall preserve the confidentiality
of those identities, is executed. Prior to collecting any information
described in this section from individual licenseesindividuals,
the Department shall first attempt to obtain from other sources information
sufficient for manpowerworkforce planning [LR1] purposes.
B. For the purpose of expediting the dissemination of public health information, including notice about a public health emergency, the Department is authorized to require certain licensed, certified or registered persons and persons holding a multistate licensure privilege to report any email address, telephone number and facsimile number that may be used to contact such person in the event of a public health emergency or to provide information related to serving during a public health emergency. In the event of an animal health emergency, the Department shall provide to the State Veterinarian the email addresses, telephone numbers and facsimile numbers that may be used to contact licensed veterinarians.
Such email addresses, telephone numbers and facsimile numbers shall not be published, released or made available for any other purpose by the Department, the Department of Health, or the State Veterinarian.
The Director, in consultation with the Department of Health and the Department of Emergency Management, shall adopt regulations that identify those licensed, certified or registered persons and persons holding a multistate licensure privilege to which the requirement to report shall apply and the procedures for reporting.
§ 54.1-3012.1. Nursing workforce information.
A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, and
consistent with the provisions of § 54.1-2506.1, the Board shall collect,
store, and make available nursing workforce information regarding the various
categories of nurses certified, licensed or registered under the provisions of
this chapter. In addition to appropriated funds, the Board may also accept
donations or grants from private sources in addition to any licensure or certification
fee to any certified, licensed or registered nurse to carry out the provisions
of this section. The information to be collected on nurses shall include, but
not be limited to: (i) demographic data; (ii) level of education; (iii)
employment status; (iv) employment setting such as in a hospital, physician's
office, or nursing home; (v) geographic location of employment; (vi) type of
nursing position or area of specialty; and (vii) number of hours worked per
week. Such information shall be collected and updated biennially, and shall be
published, in aggregate form and in a format accessible to the public, on the
Department of Health Professions website. Information could identify
individual nurses shall not be released in any form or manner.However,
the Board may release information that identifies specific individuals for the
purpose of determining shortage designations and to qualified personnel if
pertinent to an investigation, research, or study, provided a written agreement
between such qualified personnel and the Department, which ensures that any
person to whom such identities are divulged shall preserve the confidentiality
of such identities, is executed.
B. The Board shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall include: (i) the specific number and types of nursing workforce data elements to be collected; (ii) the process by which the information is collected, stored, and made available to interested parties; (iii) provisions to ensure the confidentiality of the data to be collected and to protect the identity of all individuals submitting information; and (iv) other provisions as determined by the Board.