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2016 SESSION

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HB 562 Massage therapists; licensure, exemption of certain practitioner of healing arts.

Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)

Licensure of massage therapists. Requires that massage therapists be licensed, rather than certified, to practice in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Board of Nursing to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the act within 280 days, provides that the Board of Nursing shall continue to issue certificates for massage therapy until the effective date of such regulations, and provides that any person holding a certificate to practice massage therapy prior to January 1, 2017, shall be deemed to be licensed thereafter and the Board of Nursing shall at the time of renewal provide to such person a license.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/16  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100867D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/28/16  House: Printed as engrossed 16100867D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/26/16  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB562ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/10/16  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB562ER2)  pdf
• 03/10/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0324)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed
• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/11/16  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100867D
• 01/11/16  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/26/16  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/16  House: Read first time
• 01/28/16  House: Read second time
• 01/28/16  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/28/16  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB562E
• 01/28/16  House: Printed as engrossed 16100867D-E
• 01/29/16  House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 3-N 1-A)
• 01/29/16  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 3-N 1-A)
• 02/01/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/01/16  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/15/16  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
• 02/18/16  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 1-N)
• 02/19/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/16  Senate: Read third time
• 02/22/16  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/22/16  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/22/16  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/23/16  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/16  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/23/16  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N)
• 02/24/16  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/25/16  House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 02/25/16  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 02/26/16  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/16  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB562ER)
• 02/26/16  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/29/16  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/01/16  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/1/16
• 03/01/16  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 8, 2016
• 03/07/16  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 03/09/16  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (97-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 03/09/16  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 03/10/16  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
• 03/10/16  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 03/10/16  House: Reenrolled
• 03/10/16  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB562ER2)
• 03/10/16  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 03/10/16  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 03/10/16  House: Enacted, Chapter 324 (effective 7/1/16)
• 03/10/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0324)