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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Professions

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

Clerk: Patty Lung
Staff: Thomas Stevens, Ryan Brimmer
Date of Meeting: January 22, 2015
Time and Place: 3:00 P.M. - 3rd Fl. East Conf. Rm.

S.B. 817 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information.

Patron: Howell

Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information. Requires the Director of the Department of Health Professions to disclose information relevant to a specific investigation, supervision, or monitoring of a specific recipient for purposes of the administration of criminal justice from the Prescription Monitoring Program to a probation or parole officer or local community-based probation officer who has completed the Virginia State Police Drug Diversion School designated by the Director of the Department of Corrections or his designee.

S.B. 901 Nurses and nurse practitioners, registered and practical; restricted volunteer license.

Patron: Lucas

Restricted volunteer license for registered and practical nurses and nurse practitioners. Creates a new restricted volunteer license for registered and practical nurses and nurse practitioners who practice in public health or community free clinics that provide services to underserved populations.

S.B. 944 Home health and hospice organizations; reporting requirements concerning health professionals.

Patron: Favola

Home health and hospice organizations; reporting requirements concerning health professionals. Adds the director of a licensed home health organization, the director of a licensed hospice organization and the director of an accredited home health organization exempt from licensure to the list of those persons required to report to the Director of the Department of Health Professions disciplinary actions against and certain disorders of health professionals. Current law requires the chief executive officer and chief of staff of a hospital or other health care institution and the administrator of an assisted living facility to make such reports. The bill contains technical amendments.

S.B. 959 Medicine Board of; supervised clinical training licensure.

Patron: Newman

Board of Medicine; licensure. Provides that supervised clinical training that is received in the United States as part of the curriculum of an international medical school may fulfill the requirements for licensure by the Board of Medicine if the clinical training is in a program acceptable to the Board and deemed a substantially equivalent experience. Current law requires such clinical training to be received in a hospital, institution, or school that offers an approved residency program in the specialty area for the relevant clinical training.

S.B. 1120 Medicine, Board of; requirements for licensure.

Patron: Barker

Board of Medicine; requirements for licensure. Requires applicants for licensure to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry to receive at least 12 months of the required supervised clinical training in one program or institution and allows supervised clinical training that is received in the United States as part of the curriculum of an international medical school to fulfill the requirements for licensure by the Board of Medicine if the clinical training is in a program acceptable to the Board and deemed a substantially equivalent experience. The bill removes the Board's authority to grant a temporary license to practice chiropractic to interns and residents and repeals certain other requirements for licensure for students who studied in international medical schools.