A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, and consistent with the provisions of § 54.1-2506.1, the Board shall collect, store, and make available nursing workforce information regarding the various categories of nurses certified, licensed or registered under the provisions of this chapter. In addition to appropriated funds, the Board may also accept donations or grants from private sources in addition to any licensure or certification fee to any certified, licensed or registered nurse to carry out the provisions of this section. The information to be collected on nurses shall include, but not be limited to: (i) demographic data; (ii) level of education; (iii) employment status; (iv) employment setting such as in a hospital, physician's office, or nursing home; (v) geographic location of employment; (vi) type of nursing position or area of specialty; and (vii) number of hours worked per week. Such information shall be collected and updated biennially, and shall be published, in aggregate form and in a format accessible to the public, on the Department of Health Professions website. However, the Board may release information that identifies specific individuals for the purpose of determining shortage designations and to qualified personnel if pertinent to an investigation, research, or study, provided a written agreement between such qualified personnel and the Department, which ensures that any person to whom such identities are divulged shall preserve the confidentiality of such identities, is executed.
B. The Board shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall include: (i) the specific number and types of nursing workforce data elements to be collected; (ii) the process by which the information is collected, stored, and made available to interested parties; (iii) provisions to ensure the confidentiality of the data to be collected and to protect the identity of all individuals submitting information; and (iv) other provisions as determined by the Board.
2000, cc. 587, 701; 2002, c. 333; 2008, c. 373; 2009, c. 382.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
§ 54.1-3002. Board of Nursing; membership; terms; meetings; quorum; administrative officer
§ 54.1-3003. Qualifications of members
§ 54.1-3005. Specific powers and duties of Board
§ 54.1-3005.1. Criminal history background checks
§ 54.1-3006. Advisory committees
§ 54.1-3006.1. Public school nursing education programs
§ 54.1-3006.2. Nurse aide education program
§ 54.1-3007. Refusal, revocation or suspension, censure or probation
§ 54.1-3008. Particular violations; prosecution
§ 54.1-3011. Renewal of licenses; lapsed licenses; reinstatement; penalties
§ 54.1-3011.01. Restricted volunteer license for registered or practical nurses
§ 54.1-3011.1. Additional fee required for licensure of certain practitioners
§ 54.1-3011.2. Nursing Scholarship and Loan Repayment Fund
§ 54.1-3012. Additional power of the Board
§ 54.1-3012.1. Nursing workforce information
§ 54.1-3013. Approval of nursing education program
§ 54.1-3013.1. Nursing education programs to include child abuse recognition and intervention
§ 54.1-3015. Continuance of license of certified tuberculosis nurse
§ 54.1-3016. Use of title "registered nurse" or "R.N."
§ 54.1-3016.1. Correctional health assistants
§ 54.1-3017.1. Registered nurse provisional license
§ 54.1-3018. Registered nurse's license by endorsement
§ 54.1-3018.2. (Effective July 1, 2023) Pediatric sexual assault survivor services; requirements
§ 54.1-3019. Use of title "licensed practical nurse" or "L.P.N."
§ 54.1-3020. Qualifications of applicant for practical nurse's license
§ 54.1-3021. Practical nurse's license by endorsement
§ 54.1-3022. Use of the title "Certified Nurse Aide" or "C.N.A."
§ 54.1-3023. Application for certification by competency evaluation
§ 54.1-3024. Application for certification by endorsement
§ 54.1-3025. Certification by competency evaluation
§ 54.1-3025.1. Advanced certification; renewal
§ 54.1-3026. Renewal of certification
§ 54.1-3028. Registration of nurse aides prior to October 1, 1989
§ 54.1-3028.1. Nurse aide education programs
§ 54.1-3029. Qualifications for a licensed massage therapist
§ 54.1-3029.1. Advisory Board on Massage Therapy
§ 54.1-3040.1. Findings and declaration of purpose
§ 54.1-3040.3. General provisions and jurisdiction
§ 54.1-3040.4. Applications for licensure in a party state
§ 54.1-3040.5. Additional authorities invested in party state licensing boards
§ 54.1-3040.6. Coordinated licensure information system and exchange of information
§ 54.1-3040.7. Establishment of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators
§ 54.1-3040.9. Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement
§ 54.1-3040.10. Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment
§ 54.1-3040.11. Construction and severability
§ 54.1-3041. Registration required
§ 54.1-3042. Application for registration by competency evaluation