A. In order to protect the privacy and security of health professionals, the posting of addresses to the on-line licensure lookup or any successor in interest thereof shall only disclose the city or county provided to the Department and shall not include any street, rural delivery route, or post office address. However, the street address of facilities regulated by the Boards of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine shall be posted.
B. The Department shall collect an official address of record from each health professional licensed, registered, or certified by a health regulatory board within the Department, to be used by the Department and relevant health regulatory boards for agency purposes, including workforce planning and emergency contact pursuant to § 54.1-2506.1. Such official address of record shall otherwise remain confidential, shall not be provided to any private entity for resale to another private entity or to the public, and shall be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).
C. In addition, the Department shall provide an opportunity for the health professional to provide a second address, for the purpose of public dissemination. Health professionals may choose to provide a work address, a post office box, or a home address as the public address. In collecting such public address information, the Department shall notify health professionals that this address may be publicly disclosed, and is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, if a health professional does not provide a second address, his official address of record shall also be used as the public address for the purpose of public dissemination.
D. The Department shall develop a procedure for health professionals to update their address information at regular intervals, and may charge a fee sufficient to cover the costs for such updates.
2003, c. 310; 2009, c. 687.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 24 - General Provisions
§ 54.1-2400. General powers and duties of health regulatory boards
§ 54.1-2400.01. Certain definition
§ 54.1-2400.01:1. Surgery defined; who may perform surgery
§ 54.1-2400.01:2. Ophthalmic prescription defined; who may provide ophthalmic prescriptions
§ 54.1-2400.1. Mental health service providers; duty to protect third parties; immunity
§ 54.1-2400.3. Disciplinary actions to be reported
§ 54.1-2400.4. Mental health service providers duty to inform; immunity; civil penalty
§ 54.1-2400.8. Immunity for reporting
§ 54.1-2400.9. Reporting disabilities of drivers
§ 54.1-2402. Citizen members on health regulatory boards
§ 54.1-2402.1. Appointments, removals, and limitation of terms of members of regulatory boards
§ 54.1-2403. Certain advertising prohibited
§ 54.1-2403.01. Routine component of prenatal care
§ 54.1-2403.02. Prenatal education; cord blood banking
§ 54.1-2403.1. Protocol for certain medical history screening required
§ 54.1-2403.3. Medical records; ownership; provision of copies
§ 54.1-2404. Itemized statements required upon request
§ 54.1-2404.1. Patient records
§ 54.1-2406. Treatment records of practitioners
§ 54.1-2407. Requirements for human research
§ 54.1-2408. Disqualification for license, certificate or registration
§ 54.1-2408.2. Minimum period for reinstatement after revocation
§ 54.1-2408.3. Practice pending appeal
§ 54.1-2408.4. Temporary authorization to practice
§ 54.1-2409. Mandatory suspension or revocation; reinstatement; hearing for reinstatement
§ 54.1-2409.2. Board to set criteria for determining need for professional regulation
§ 54.1-2409.3. Participation of advisory boards in disciplinary proceedings
§ 54.1-2409.4. Authority to receive laboratory results directly