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

Virginia Senate Bill 452 (Prior Session Legislation)

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-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 691 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23-9.2:3.11, relating to medical school; clinical rotations. [S 452] Approved April 4, 2016

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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

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

Any public institution of higher education that awards medical degrees shall 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.