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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: Jessica Eades, Ellen Porter
Date of Meeting: January 26, 2012
Time and Place: 45 Minutes After Adjournment - 3rd Floor East

S.B. 65

Patron: Stanley

Nursing homes; notice of liability insurance coverage.  Requires nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities to inform patients and residents about liability insurance available to pay claims of the patient or resident and to report such information to the Commissioner of Health or the Commissioner of Social Services, as applicable.

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. 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. 517

Patron: Wagner

Nursing education programs; due process.  Requires the Board of Nursing to implement certain due process requirements to be followed before restricting the enrollment of any nursing education program.