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1998 SESSION

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SB 549 Board of Medicine; chronic pain guidelines.

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SUMMARY:

Board of Medicine; chronic pain guidelines. Authorizes the Board of Medicine to endorse, in the furtherance of its responsibility to ensure continued practitioner competency, the Medical Society of Virginia's Guidelines for the Use of Opioids in the Management of Chronic, Non-Cancer Pain, developed and adopted in 1997. "Endorse" is defined as to publicize and distribute such guidelines as an appropriate standard of care; however, the Board's endorsement must not be construed to mean that the chronic pain guidelines must be followed or are regulations or are in any way intended to be enforceable law.

FULL TEXT

• 01/26/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 986774760  pdf
• 03/23/98  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB549ER)  pdf
• 04/22/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
• House amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/26/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 986774760
• 01/26/98  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/05/98  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/98  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/98  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/98  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/10/98  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/98  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/98  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/11/98  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/98  House: Read first time
• 02/12/98  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/26/98  House: Reported from General Laws (26-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/98  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 03/03/98  House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendment (22-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/98  House: Read second time
• 03/05/98  House: Read third time
• 03/05/98  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 03/05/98  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 03/05/98  House: Passed House with amendment (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/98  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/98  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 03/09/98  Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/98  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/23/98  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB549ER)
• 03/30/98  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/30/98  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/31/98  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/15/98  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 496 (effective 7/1/98)
• 04/22/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496)