VA SB1220 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-12 - Incorporated by Education and Health
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-12 - Incorporated by Education and Health
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Practice of telemedicine; prescribing. Provides that a health care practitioner who performs or has performed an appropriate examination of the patient, either physically or by the use of instrumentation and diagnostic equipment, for the purpose of establishing a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship may prescribe Schedule II through VI controlled substances to the patient, provided that the prescribing of such controlled substance is in compliance with federal requirements for the practice of telemedicine. The bill also authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to register an entity at which a patient is treated by the use of instrumentation and diagnostic equipment for the purpose of establishing a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship and is prescribed Schedule II through VI controlled substances to possess and administer Schedule II through VI controlled substances when such prescribing is in compliance with federal requirements for the practice of telemedicine and the patient is not in the physical presence of a practitioner registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Title
Telemedicine, practice of; prescribing controlled substances.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2017-01-12 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-12 | Senate | Incorporated by Education and Health |
| 2017-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2017-01-10 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101416D |
