Bill Text: VA HB1609 | 2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Nurse practitioner as expert witness; scope of activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0413) [HB1609 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB1609-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §8.01-401.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§8.01-401.2. Chiropractor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant as expert witness.
A. A doctor of chiropractic, when properly qualified, may testify as an expert witness in a court of law as to etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, treatment plan, and disability, including anatomical, physiological, and pathological considerations within the scope of the practice of chiropractic as defined in §54.1-2900.
B. A physician assistant or nurse practitioner, when properly qualified, may testify as an expert witness in a court of law as to etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, treatment plan, and disability, including anatomical, physiological, and pathological considerations within the scope of his activities as authorized pursuant to §54.1-2952 or 54.1-2957, respectively. However, no physician assistant or nurse practitioner shall be permitted to testify as an expert witness for or against (i) a defendant doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine in a medical malpractice action regarding the standard of care of a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine or (ii) a defendant health care provider in a medical malpractice action regarding causation.
