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2015 SESSION


CHAPTER 363
An Act to require the Board of Medicine to make information about the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder available to licensees.
[S 1045]
Approved March 19, 2015

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Medicine shall post information about autism spectrum disorder developed by the Board together with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and other stakeholders, including information about diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in adults and children, the role of health care providers in identifying and diagnosing autism spectrum disorder in adults and children, services available to adults and children with autism spectrum disorder in the Commonwealth, processes and procedures for linking adults and children with autism spectrum disorder with state and local services for individuals with autism, and other sources of information on topics related to the identification, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorder in adults and children on a website maintained by the Board, and shall notify licensees regarding the availability of such information.