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2022 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Professions

Barker (Chair), Saslaw, Newman, Edwards, Lewis, Dunnavant, Suetterlein, Pillion

Clerk: Michael Jackson,Thomas Jackson
Staff: Julia Carlton, Anna Moir
Date of Meeting: January 14, 2022
Time and Place: 8:30 AM Subcommittee Room #2 / 5th Floor Pocahontas Building
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S.B. 169

Patron: Peake

Licensed practical nurses; authority to pronounce death. Extends to licensed practical nurses the authority to pronounce the death of a patient, provided that certain conditions are met. Current law provides that physicians, registered nurses, and physician assistants may pronounce death.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2972 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licensed practical nurses; authority to pronounce death.

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S.B. 300

Patron: Deeds

Providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction; elimination of location restriction. Eliminates the restriction that providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction may not be located within one-half mile of a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school. Current law permits certain limited exceptions to this restriction.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-406 of the Code of Virginia, relating to providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction; elimination of location restriction.

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S.B. 317

Patron: Favola

Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency. Allows a health care practitioner licensed in another state or the District of Columbia who has submitted an application for licensure to the appropriate health regulatory board to temporarily practice for a period of 90 days pending licensure, provided that certain conditions are met. The bill directs the Department of Health Professions to pursue reciprocity agreements with jurisdictions that surround the Commonwealth to streamline the application process in order to facilitate the practice of medicine. The bill requires the Department of Health Professions to annually report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions the number of out-of-state health care practitioners who have utilized the temporary authorization to practice pending licensure and have not subsequently been issued full licensure. The bill contains an emergency clause.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-2408.4 and by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-2941.1, relating to out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice pending licensure; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency.

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EMERGENCY

S.B. 369

Patron: Stuart

Telemedicine services; practitioners licensed by Board of Medicine. Allows a practitioner of a profession regulated by the Board of Medicine who is licensed in another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession and who is in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in that state, the District of Columbia, or that United States territory or possession to engage in the practice of that profession in the Commonwealth with a patient located in the Commonwealth when (i) such practice is for the purpose of providing continuity of care through the use of telemedicine services and (ii) the patient is a current patient of the practitioner with whom the practitioner has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2901 of the Code of Virginia, relating to telemedicine; practitioners licensed by Board of Medicine.

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S.B. 375

Patron: Petersen

Optometrists; laser surgery. Allows an optometrist who has received a certification to perform laser surgery from the Board of Optometry (the Board) to perform certain types of laser surgery of the eye and directs the Board to issue a certification to perform laser surgery to any optometrist who submits evidence satisfactory to the Board that he (i) is certified by the Board to prescribe for and treat diseases or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to Code requirements and (ii) has satisfactorily completed such didactic and clinical training programs provided by an accredited school or college of optometry that includes training in the use of lasers for the medically appropriate and recognized treatment of the human eye as the Board may require.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2400.01:1, 54.1-3200, and 54.1-3201 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 32 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 6, consisting of a section numbered 54.1-3225, relating to optometrists; laser surgery.

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