Subject Professions and Occupations | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB1482 | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals. Requires the Board to permit any Class 1 wastewater works operator to sit for the conventional onsite ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731) |
| VA | HB1645 | Board for Contractors; tradesmen licenses. Provides that licenses for tradesmen shall be valid for three years from the date of issuance by the Board for Contractors. This measure is an attempt to sync changes to the Uniform Statewide Building Code, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738) |
| VA | HB1704 | Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information to local law enforcement. Adds an agent designated by the chief law-enforcement officer of any county or city to the list of individuals to whom the Department of Health Professions must disc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0739) |
| VA | HB1796 | Death certificate; timely return to funeral director. Adds the medical director of an institution in which a death occurred, the chief medical officer or medical director of a hospice or nursing home in which a death occurred, or an individual to who... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Communicated to Governor |
| VA | SB1083 | Synthetic cannabinoids; research chemicals; penalties. Amends provisions added to the Code in previous years regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as "research chemicals" (previously referred to as "bath salts") ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785) |
| VA | HB2312 | Compounding pharmacies. Clarifies the definition of "compounding" and adds a requirement for a current inspection report for registration or renewal of a registration for a nonresident pharmacy. The bill also requires every pharmacist-in-charge or ow... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765) |
| VA | SB1325 | Board of Counseling; fees. Requires the Board of Counseling to establish, among other fees, specified fees for the licensure and certification of professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse treatment practitioners, substa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Senate sustained Governor's veto |
| VA | HB1927 | Emergency medical services personnel; penalty for assault and battery. Adds emergency medical services personnel members who are employed by or volunteers of an emergency medical services agency and engaged in the performance of their public duties t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698) |
| VA | HB1532 | Virginia Retirement System; certain local employees. Makes technical changes necessary to carry out the purpose of Chapter 811 of the 2012 Acts of Assembly, permitting localities to exempt firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and law-enforcem... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666) |
| VA | HB1876 | Sterilization operations for persons capable of informed consent. Eliminates the requirement for a 30-day waiting period prior to a sterilization operation for persons who are over the age of 18 and capable of giving informed consent who have not pre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0671) |
| VA | HB2177 | Board of Counseling; qualification of members. Reduces the number of professional counselors on the Board of Counseling from eight to six, increases the number of marriage and family therapists from two to three and requires that such members be clin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590) |
| VA | SB893 | Public schools; possession and administration of epinephrine. Adds employees of local governing bodies and employees of local health departments to the lists of individuals who are permitted to possess and administer epinephrine and not be held liabl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617) |
| VA | HB1641 | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; powers and duties of regulatory boards; waiver of informal fact-finding conference. Requires any regulator board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to provide a r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486) |
| VA | HB1736 | Real Estate Board; protection of escrow funds by real estate licensee; payments made under a rental agreement. Provides that for any landlord-tenant relationship within the purview of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, any prepaid rent... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489) |
| VA | HB2181 | Medical equipment suppliers; delivery of sterile water and saline. Adds sterile water and saline to the list of prescription drugs and devices that a permitted medical equipment supplier may receive, store, and distribute to a consumer. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0504) |
| VA | SB1006 | Individual incapable of making an informed decision; procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination. Authorizes a licensed physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or registered nurse to perform a physical evidence recovery kit e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532) |
| VA | HB2073 | Liability of real estate brokers and salespersons; false advertising and false information. Clarifies that a licensed real estate broker or salesperson shall not be liable for providing false information under certain circumstances, which includes an... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0499) |
| VA | SB1011 | Licensed clinical social workers; educational requirements. Requires the Board of Social Work to accept proof of the successful completion of the following as evidence of the satisfaction of the educational requirements for licensure as a clinical so... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0533) |
| VA | SB1197 | Virginia Public Procurement Act; contracts for architectural or professional engineering services by certain localities. Authorizes any city within Planning District 8 to enter into individual contracts for architectural or professional engineering s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0540) |
| VA | SB1246 | Virginia Public Procurement Act; multiple project contracts for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction. Raises, in the case of airport and aviation transportation projects, the maximum cost of architectural or pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543) |
| VA | SB1285 | Dispensing of interchangeable biosimilar biological products. Permits pharmacists to dispense a biosimilar that has been licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as interchangeable with a prescribed biological product unless the prescriber ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0544) |
| VA | HB2316 | Virginia Public Procurement Act; multiple project contracts for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction. Raises, in the case of airport and aviation transportation projects, the maximum cost of architectural or pro... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518) |
| VA | SB1316 | Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists; requirements for certification as a wetland delineator. Removes the requirement that experience in wetland delineation prior to applying for certification as a wetland del... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546) |
| VA | HB1363 | Private security services businesses; exemption. Exempts employees and sales representatives of an electronic security equipment retailer from training requirements when they (i) sell the equipment at a store location, online, or by telephone, but n... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0411) |
| VA | HB1422 | Dispensing of interchangeable biosimilar biological products. Permits pharmacists to dispense a biosimilar that has been licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as interchangeable with a prescribed biological product unless the prescriber ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412) |
| VA | SB854 | Virginia Retirement System; certain local employees. Allows that a political subdivision may by resolution irrevocably declare that persons employed as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, or law-enforcement officers shall be considered to ha... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456) |
| VA | HB2120 | Individual incapable of making an informed decision; procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination. Authorizes a licensed physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or registered nurse to perform a physical evidence recovery kit e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441) |
| VA | HB2031 | Audiology and speech-language pathology. Provides that the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology may issue a provisional license to an applicant for licensure in speech-language pathology who has met the education and examination requireme... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436) |
| VA | SB1059 | Dental and optometric services plans. Provides that two existing provisions, relating to the payment of interest on accident and sickness claim proceeds and to the use of explanation of benefits forms, that apply to insurance companies will also appl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473) |
| VA | HB1468 | Public schools; possession and administration of epinephrine. Adds employees of local governing bodies and employees of local health departments to the lists of individuals who are permitted to possess and administer epinephrine and not be held liabl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336) |
| VA | SB807 | Administration of drugs; private schools. Allows the administration of drugs by a person to a child in a private school that is accredited by the Virginia Council for Private Education and exempt from licensure by the Board of Social Services, or in ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359) |
| VA | SB898 | Board of Medicine; license revocation (Twomey bill). Provides that a practitioner whose license has been revoked due to engaging in sexual contact with a patient under certain circumstances may not apply for reinstatement of such license until five y... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0365) |
| VA | SB1147 | Cemetery Board; resale of interment rights by churches or religious organizations; exemption. Establishes requirements for the resale of interment rights by churches or religious organizations. A resale conducted in compliance with the requirements s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0395) |
| VA | SB1159 | Virginia State Bar admission for full-time law school professors. Allows a full-time law professor to be admitted as an active member of the Virginia State Bar without examination provided that he is otherwise eligible to be admitted to the Virginia ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396) |
| VA | SB1179 | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; powers and duties of regulatory boards; waiver of informal fact-finding conference. Requires any regulator board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to provide a r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398) |
| VA | HB1801 | Board for Contractors; Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Act. Makes several changes to the Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Act to clarify the eligibility and assessment requirements for the claims review process including (i) adding a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0343) |
| VA | HB2222 | Appraisal management companies; provision of appraisal services. Provides that an appraisal management company shall not enter into any contracts or agreements with an independent appraiser for the performance of real estate appraisal services unless... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353) |
| VA | HB1349 | Dental hygiene and dental hygienist; definitions and licensure. Defines "dental hygiene" as duties related to patient assessment and the rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental services specified in regulations of the Board and n... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0240) |
| VA | SB773 | Administration of medications. Clarifies the circumstances under which emergency medical services personnel may administer medications and provides that emergency medical services personnel may administer medications pursuant to an oral or written or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328) |
| VA | HB1564 | Administration of drugs; private schools. Allows the administration of drugs by a person to a child in a private school that is accredited by the Virginia Council for Private Education and exempt from licensure by the Board of Social Services, or in ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252) |
| VA | HB1588 | Physician Loan Repayment Program. Extends eligibility for the Physician Loan Repayment Program to graduates of accredited medical schools who are currently employed in a geriatrics fellowship and who agree to a minimum two-year period of medical serv... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255) |
| VA | HB1649 | Pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers; required to be maintained; certain digital images. Requires pawnbrokers and precious metals dealers to take a digital image of the form of identification used by the person pawning, pledging, or selling the go... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262) |
| VA | HB1666 | Licensure of professional counselors. Clarifies the definitions of "counseling" and "professional counselor" and adds definitions for "residency," "resident," and "supervision." The bill also requires the Board of Counseling to maintain a registry of... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0264) |
| VA | HB1672 | Naloxone; administration in cases of opiate overdose. Allows a person to obtain a prescription for and to possess and administer naloxone to a family member or friend for the purpose of counteracting the effects of opiate overdose. The bill also requ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267) |
| VA | HB1941 | Synthetic cannabinoids; research chemicals; penalties. Amends provisions added to the Code in previous years regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as "research chemicals" (previously referred to as "bath salts") ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295) |
| VA | HB1959 | Board of Accountancy; time for filing complaints. Provides that a complaint against a CPA or CPA firm must be received by the Board of Accountancy (i) within three years of the act, omission, or occurrence giving rise to the alleged violation or (ii... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297) |
| VA | HB1960 | Board for Contractors; necessity for license; commissioning of public works of art. Allows a person to bid upon or undertake public works of art commissioned by the Commonwealth; a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, including any county, city... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298) |
| VA | HB1913 | Mechanics' liens; licensed contractors. Provides that a person who is not a licensed contractor may not claim a mechanic's lien if a valid contractor's license or certificate was required by law for the labor performed. The bill also requires that a ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293) |
| VA | SB794 | Temporary removable windshield placards. Allows licensed physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, podiatrists, or chiropractors to certify 15 days in advance of a medical procedure that an applicant will have a temporary disability that... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0137) |
| VA | HB1444 | Administration of medications by employees or contract service providers of providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Provides that employees of or persons providing services pursuant to a contract with a p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183) |
