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2012 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Licensing

McWaters (Chairman), Lucas, Northam, Carrico, Garrett

Clerk: Patty Lung, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: J.Eades, Ellen Porter
Date of Meeting: January 19, 2012
Time and Place: 1/2 Hour After Adjournment - 3rd Floor East

S.B. 106

Patron: Edwards

Physician assistants; fluoroscopy.  Allows a licensed physician assistant who (i) is working under the supervision of a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathy specializing in the field of radiology and (ii) has been trained in the proper use of equipment for the purpose of performing radiologic technology procedures to use fluoroscopy for guidance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The bill requires the Board of Medicine to promulgate emergency regulations to implement the provisions of this bill.

S.B. 146

Patron: Puckett

Dental hygienists; scope of practice.  Expands an earlier trial program to allow licensed dental hygienists employed by the Department of Health to provide educational and preventative dental care pursuant to a standing protocol. Also, the bill requires an annual report of services provided by such dental hygienists, including their impact upon the oral health of the citizens of the Commonwealth, to be prepared by the Department of Health and submitted to the Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources.

S.B. 313

Patron: Blevins

Surgical assistants and surgical technologists; licensure and certification by the Board of Medicine. Requires surgical assistants to be licensed and surgical technologists to be certified by the Board of Medicine. The bill also grandfathers in surgical assistants and surgical technologists practicing at any time during the six months prior to July 1, 2012, and allows a 12-month grace period in order to meet licensure and certification requirements for those completing a training program between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2013.

S.B. 320

Patron: Carrico

Prescribing Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances.  Requires any prescriber who prescribes to a patient a controlled substance included in Schedule II, III, or IV of the Drug Control Act to request and review information about that patient from the Prescription Monitoring Program, and to continue to do so at least annually for so long as the prescriber continues to prescribe the controlled substance to the patient.

S.B. 321

Patron: Carrico

Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosures. Modifies the Prescription Monitoring Program to (i) require dispensers of covered substances to report the method of payment for the prescription, (ii) require the Director of the Department of Health Professions to report information relevant to an investigation of a prescription recipient, in addition to a prescriber or dispenser, to any federal law-enforcement agency with authority to conduct drug diversion investigations, (iii) allow the Director to disclose information indicating potential misuse of a prescription by a recipient to the State Police for the purpose of investigation into possible drug diversion, and (iv) allow prescribers to delegate authority to access the Program to an unlimited number, rather than the current limit of two, of regulated health care professionals under their direct supervision.

S.B. 342

Patron: Newman

Dental laboratories; register with the Board of Dentistry. Requires any individual or business entity engaged in the manufacture or repair of dental prosthetic appliances to register with the Board of Dentistry. The bill also requires the Board to develop regulations governing the operation of dental laboratories.

S.B. 384

Patron: McEachin

Dental and dental hygiene school faculty; licensure. Clarifies what patient care activities are allowed for a person enrolled in a Virginia dental education program who has a temporary license to practice dentistry while in the program, clarifies requirements for the Board to issue a faculty license to a qualified person from out of state to teach dentistry or dental hygiene in a Virginia dental school or program, and specifies that a restricted license for a foreign dentist to teach dentistry in Virginia is a temporary appointment and extends this restricted license expiration from one year to two years.