Virginia House Bill 1017 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-02-02 - House: Incorporated by Health, Welfare and Institutions (HB512-Rust) by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Lyme disease; reporting and treatment. Requires the Board of Health to include Lyme disease on the list of diseases required to be reported, and allows a licensed physician to prescribe, administer or dispense long-term antibiotic therapy to a patient diagnosed with Lyme disease. Also specifies that the Board of Medicine shall not initiate a disciplinary action against a licensed physician solely for prescribing, administering, or dispensing long-term antibiotic therapy to a patient clinically diagnosed with Lyme disease, provided such clinical diagnosis and treatment has been documented in the patient's medical record by such licensed physician.

Lyme disease; required to be reported to Board of Health and prescription for long-term use.

Del. Timothy Hugo [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		House: Incorporated by Health, Welfare and Institutions (HB512-Rust) by voice vote
2010-02-01		House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB512-Rust) by voice vote
2010-01-20		House: Assigned HWI sub: #1
2010-01-13		House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2010-01-13		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103513D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	35	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3408.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB1017
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB1017+hil