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SB 1282 Health Professions, Department of; prohibited from providing personal information of individuals.

Introduced by: Stephen D. Newman | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Department of Health Professions; information concerning health professionals. Provides that the Department of Health Professions shall collect an official address of record from each health professional licensed, registered or certified by each health regulatory board within the Department, to be used by the Department and relevant health regulatory boards for agency purposes, and that such address shall remain confidential.  This bill also requires that the Department provide an opportunity for health professionals to provide a second address for purposes of public dissemination, which may include a work address, post office address, or home address, and that where no alternative address is provided, the address of record shall be made public. This bill further requires the Department to develop a procedure for health professionals to update their address information at regular intervals, and authorizes the Department to collect a fee sufficient to cover the costs of such updates.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Department of Health Professions; information concerning health professionals. Provides that the Department of Health Professions shall collect an official address of record that shall not be provided to any private entity for resale to another private entity or to the public.  Also provides that the Department provide health professionals the opportunity to provide a second address for the purpose of public dissemination, and that if no second address is provided, the official address shall be made public.  The bill also directs the Enterprise Application Public-Private Partnership Office to take appropriate action to prevent the sale of any list of home addresses and other personal information of individuals licensed as health professionals by Virginia Interactive or any other private entity.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Health Professions; information concerning health professionals. Prohibits the Department of Health Professions from providing a list of home addresses and other personal information of individuals licensed as health professionals to any private entity for resale to another private entity or the public. The bill also directs the Enterprise Application Public-Private Partnership Office to take appropriate action to prevent the sale of any list of home addresses and other personal information of individuals licensed as health professionals by Virginia Interactive or any other private entity.