Bill Text: VA SB452 | 2016 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Medical school; clinical rotation requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691) [SB452 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-SB452-Engrossed.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 452 Senate Amendments in [ ] -- February 8, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23-9.2:3.11, relating to medical school; clinical rotations. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Senator Stanley ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23-9.2:3.11as follows:

§23-9.2:3.11. Medical school; rotation requirement.

Any public institution of higher education that awards medical degrees shall [ require its medical students to participate in create and support ] at least one clinical rotation in a hospital or clinic located in a medically underserved area of the state as determined by the Virginia Department of Health, in an area of the state that has an unemployment rate of one and one-half times the statewide average unemployment rate, or in a locality with a population of 50,000 or less in the Commonwealth.