Bill Text: VA HB1395 | 2015 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Nursing, Board of; licensure of applicant with previous conviction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-22 - Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote [HB1395 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-HB1395-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1395 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled December 16, 2014 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3007.1, relating to Board of Nursing; licensure of applicant with previous conviction. ---------- Patron-- Lindsey ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3007.1 as follows:

§54.1-3007.1. Licensure of applicant with previous conviction.

If an applicant for issuance or renewal of a license, certificate, or registration has previously been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude and the applicant has previously been issued a license, certificate, or registration by the Board after the date of the conviction and following disclosure of such conviction to the Board, the Board shall not require the applicant to appear before any special conference committee, informal fact-finding panel, or formal hearing panel for the purpose of a hearing regarding the previous conviction unless new information regarding the previous conviction that may affect the outcome of the special conference, informal fact-finding, or formal hearing has been made available to the Board.