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2014 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health Subcommittee Health Professions

McWaters (Chairman), Lucas, Carrico, Garrett

Clerk: Patty Lung, Wesley Bland
Staff: Thomas Stevens, Ryan Brimmer
Date of Meeting: January 14, 2014
Time and Place: 10:00 a.m. - 3rd Fl. East

S.B. 203

Patron: Carrico

Occupational therapy; practice as a therapist or therapist assistant applicant. Provides that a person who has graduated from a duly accredited educational program in occupational therapy may practice under the title "Occupational Therapist, License Applicant" and that a person who has graduated from a duly accredited occupational therapy assistant education program may practice under the title "Occupational Therapy Assistant, License Applicant" until he has received a failing score on any examination required by the Board of Occupational Therapy or until six months have elapsed from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner.

S.B. 294

Patron: Puckett

Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber requirements. Requires prescribers licensed in the Commonwealth to register with the Prescription Monitoring Program. The bill also requires registered prescribers to request, from the Director of the Department of Health Professions, information regarding a patient's treatment history prior to issuing a prescription for benzodiazepine or an opiate.

S.B. 328

Patron: Barker

Surgical technologists and surgical assistants. Requires certification for surgical technologists and licensure for surgical assistants and provides requirements for such certification and licensure. The bill creates the Advisory Board on Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting to assist the Board of Medicine in the regulation of surgical technologists and surgical assistants.

S.B. 330

Patron: Howell

Genetic counseling; licensure. Establishes a mandatory licensing process for genetic counselors, including educational and training requirements. The bill establishes requirements for license renewal, including continuing education mandates, and creates the Advisory Board on Genetic Counseling to assist the Board of Medicine in regulating the practice of genetic counseling.