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§ 54.1-2900. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 54.1-2901. Exceptions and exemptions generally - A. The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent or...
§ 54.1-2902. Unlawful to practice without license - It is unlawful for any person to practice medicine, osteopathic...
§ 54.1-2903. What constitutes practice; advertising in connection with medical practice - A. Any person shall be regarded as practicing the healing...
§ 54.1-2904. Biennial renewal of licenses; copies; fee; lapsed licenses; reinstatement; penalties - A. Every license granted under the provisions of this chapter...
§ 54.1-2905. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 144, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2906. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 64.
§ 54.1-2908. Reports of disciplinary action against health professionals; immunity from liability; civil penalty - A. The president of the Medical Society of Virginia, the...
§ 54.1-2909. Further reporting requirements; civil penalty; disciplinary action - A. The following matters shall be reported within 30 days...
§ 54.1-2910. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1997, c. 698.
§ 54.1-2910.01. Practitioner information provided to patients - Upon request by a patient, doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and...
§ 54.1-2910.1. Certain data required - A. The Board of Medicine shall require all doctors of...
§ 54.1-2910.2. Posting of disciplinary information - The Board shall post on any department website available to...
§ 54.1-2910.3. No requirement to participate in third-party reimbursement programs - No provider licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be required...
§ 54.1-2910.3:1. Medicaid recipients; treatment involving prescription of opioids; payment - A. No provider licensed pursuant to this chapter, regardless of...
§ 54.1-2910.4. Health record retention - Practitioners licensed under this chapter shall maintain health records, as...
§ 54.1-2910.5. (Effective July 1, 2023) Pediatric sexual assault survivor services; requirements - Any health care practitioner licensed by the Board to practice...
§ 54.1-2911. Board; membership; terms of office; change of residence; executive director; etc. - The Board of Medicine shall consist of one medical physician...
§ 54.1-2912. Nominations - Nominations may be made for the medical physicians from a...
§ 54.1-2912.1. Continued competency and office-based anesthesia requirements - A. The Board shall prescribe by regulation such requirements as...
§ 54.1-2912.2. Board may endorse certain document - In the furtherance of its responsibility to ensure continued practitioner...
§ 54.1-2912.3. Competency assessments of certain practitioners - The Board shall require an assessment of the competency of...
§ 54.1-2912.4. Board to post autism information - The Board of Medicine shall post information about autism spectrum...
§ 54.1-2912.5. Standard of care pertaining to prenatal and postnatal and other depression; Communication of information - The Board shall annually issue a communication to every practitioner...
§ 54.1-2913. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 144, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2913.1. Acceptance of other examinations - The Board shall promulgate regulations governing examinations for each branch...
§ 54.1-2914. Sale of controlled substances and medical devices or appliances; requirements for vision care services - A. A practitioner of the healing arts shall not engage...
§ 54.1-2915. Unprofessional conduct; grounds for refusal or disciplinary action - A. The Board may refuse to issue a certificate or...
§ 54.1-2916. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 163, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2917. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 144, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2918. Suspension or revocation for violation of facility licensing laws - Whenever the Board of Health has suspended or revoked any...
§ 54.1-2919. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 64.
§ 54.1-2920. Notice and opportunity to be heard required before suspension or revocation of license; allegations to be in writing; practice pending appeal; notice to patients - Except as provided in § 54.1-2408.1, the Board shall take...
§ 54.1-2921. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, cc. 753 and 762.
§ 54.1-2922. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, cc. 40 and 68.
§ 54.1-2923.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 198 and 1093, cl. 2,...
§ 54.1-2924. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 144, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2924.1. Expired - Expired.
§ 54.1-2925. Use of experts in disciplinary proceedings - In any disciplinary proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter, the...
§ 54.1-2926. Powers of Board with respect to practitioners licensed to practice pharmacy - The Board of Medicine shall have, with respect to practitioners...
§ 54.1-2927. Applicants from other states without reciprocity; temporary licenses or certificates for certain practitioners of the healing arts - A. The Board, in its discretion, may issue certificates or...
§ 54.1-2928. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 144, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2928.1. Restricted volunteer license - A. The Board may issue a restricted volunteer license to...
§ 54.1-2928.2. Board to adopt regulations related to prescribing of opioids and buprenorphine - The Board shall adopt regulations for the prescribing of opioids...
§ 54.1-2929. Licenses required - No person shall practice or hold himself out as qualified...
§ 54.1-2930. Requirements for licensure - The Board may issue a license to practice medicine, osteopathy,...
§ 54.1-2931. Examinations; passing grade - A. The examinations of candidates for licensure to practice medicine...
§ 54.1-2932. Issuance of licenses to practice - Upon completion of an application satisfactory to the Board, applicants...
§ 54.1-2933. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 525, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2933.1. Temporary licensure of certain foreign graduates to obtain training - The Board may issue, to a physician licensed in a...
§ 54.1-2934. Evidence of right to practice required of certain foreign graduates - Every candidate who is a graduate of a school of...
§ 54.1-2935. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2017, cc. 59 and 117, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2936. Limited licenses to certain graduates of foreign medical schools - A. After receiving a recommendation from the dean of an...
§ 54.1-2937. Temporary licenses to interns and residents in hospitals and other organizations - Upon recommendation by the chief of an approved internship or...
§ 54.1-2937.1. Retiree license - A. The Board may issue a retiree license to any...
§ 54.1-2938. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1991, c. 102.
§ 54.1-2939. Surgery by podiatrists on patients under general anesthesia limited - Podiatrists shall not perform surgery on patients under a general...
§ 54.1-2940. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 186 and 198.
§ 54.1-2941. Contracts of practitioners with approved colleges and certain state agencies not prohibited - This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit, forbid or...
§ 54.1-2942. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2000, c. 688, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2949. License required - It shall be unlawful for a person to practice or...
§ 54.1-2950. Requisite training and educational achievements of assistants - The Board shall establish a testing program to determine the...
§ 54.1-2950.1. Advisory Board on Physician Assistants; membership; qualifications - The Advisory Board on Physician Assistants shall consist of five...
§ 54.1-2951. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 319.
§ 54.1-2951.1. Requirements for licensure and practice as a physician assistant; licensure by endorsement - A. The Board shall promulgate regulations establishing requirements for licensure...
§ 54.1-2951.2. Issuance of a license - The Board shall issue a license to the physician assistant...
§ 54.1-2951.3. Restricted volunteer license for certain physician assistants - A. The Board may issue a restricted volunteer license to...
§ 54.1-2951.4. Exception to physician assistant license requirement; physician assistant student - The provisions of § 54.1-2902 shall not be construed as...
§ 54.1-2952. Role of patient care team physician or patient care team podiatrist on patient care teams; services that may be performed by physician assistants; responsibility of licensee; employment of physician assistants - A. A patient care team physician or patient care team...
§ 54.1-2952.1. Prescription of certain controlled substances and devices by licensed physician assistants - A. In accordance with the provisions of this section and...
§ 54.1-2952.2. When physician assistant signature accepted - Whenever any law or regulation requires a signature, certification, stamp,...
§ 54.1-2953. Renewal, revocation, suspension, and refusal - The Board may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a...
§ 54.1-2954. Respiratory therapist; definition - "Respiratory therapist" means a person who has passed the examination...
§ 54.1-2954.1. Powers of Board concerning respiratory care - The Board shall take such actions as may be necessary...
§ 54.1-2955. Restriction of titles - A. It is unlawful for any person not holding a...
§ 54.1-2956. Advisory Board on Respiratory Care; appointment; terms; duties; etc. - A. The Advisory Board on Respiratory Care shall assist the...
§ 54.1-2956.01. Exceptions to respiratory therapist's licensure - The licensure requirements for respiratory therapists provided in this chapter...
§ 54.1-2956.1. Powers of Board concerning occupational therapy - The Board shall take such actions as may be necessary...
§ 54.1-2956.2. Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy - The Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy, referred to hereinafter as...
§ 54.1-2956.3. Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy; composition; appointment - The Advisory Board shall be comprised of five members appointed...
§ 54.1-2956.4. Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy; powers - The Advisory Board shall, under the authority of the Board:...
§ 54.1-2956.5. Unlawful to practice occupational therapy without license - A. It shall be unlawful for any person not holding...
§ 54.1-2956.6. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 803, effective January 1, 1997.
§ 54.1-2956.7:1. (Effective January 1, 2022) Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact - The General Assembly hereby enacts, and the Commonwealth of Virginia...
§ 54.1-2956.8. Advisory Board on Radiological Technology; appointments; terms; etc. - The Advisory Board on Radiological Technology shall assist the Board...
§ 54.1-2956.8:1. Unlawful to practice radiologic technology without license; unlawful designation as a radiologist assistant, radiologic technologist, or radiologic technologist, limited; Board to regulate radiologist assistants and radiologic techno... - Except as set forth herein, it shall be unlawful for...
§ 54.1-2956.8:2. Requisite training and educational achievements of radiologist assistants, radiologic technologists, and radiologic technologists, limited - The Board shall establish a testing program to determine the...
§ 54.1-2956.9. Unlawful to practice acupuncture without license; unlawful designation as acupuncturist; Board to regulate acupuncturists - It shall be unlawful for a person to practice or...
§ 54.1-2956.10. Requisite training and educational achievements of acupuncturists - The Board shall establish a testing program to determine the...
§ 54.1-2956.11. Advisory Board on Acupuncture; composition; appointment - The Advisory Board on Acupuncture, hereinafter referred to as the...
§ 54.1-2956.12. Registered surgical technologist; use of title; registration - A. No person shall hold himself out to be a...
§ 54.1-2956.13. Licensure of surgical assistant; practice of surgical assisting; use of title - A. No person shall engage in the practice of surgical...
§ 54.1-2956.14. Advisory Board on Surgical Assisting; appointments; terms; duties - A. The Advisory Board on Surgical Assisting (Advisory Board) shall...
§ 54.1-2957. Licensure and practice of nurse practitioners - A. As used in this section, "clinical experience" means the...
§ 54.1-2957.001. Restricted volunteer license for nurse practitioners - A. The Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing...
§ 54.1-2957.01. Prescription of certain controlled substances and devices by licensed nurse practitioners - A. In accordance with the provisions of this section and...
§ 54.1-2957.02. When nurse practitioner signature accepted - Whenever any law or regulation requires a signature, certification, stamp,...
§ 54.1-2957.03. Certified nurse midwives; required disclosures; liability - A. As used in this section, "birthing center" means a...
§ 54.1-2957.04. Licensure as a licensed certified midwife; practice as a licensed certified midwife; use of title; required disclosures - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice...
§ 54.1-2957.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 152 and 158.
§ 54.1-2957.4. Licensure as athletic trainer required; requisite training and educational requirements; powers of the Board concerning athletic training - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice...
§ 54.1-2957.5. Advisory Board on Athletic Training established; duties; composition; appointment; terms - A. The Advisory Board on Athletic Training shall assist the...
§ 54.1-2957.6. Exceptions to athletic trainer licensure - A. The provisions of this section shall not be construed...
§ 54.1-2957.7. Licensed midwife and practice of midwifery; definitions - "Midwife" means any person who provides primary maternity care by...
§ 54.1-2957.8. Licensure of midwives; requisite training and educational requirements; fees - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice...
§ 54.1-2957.9. Regulation of the practice of midwifery - The Board shall adopt regulations governing the practice of midwifery,...
§ 54.1-2957.10. Advisory Board on Midwifery established; membership; duties; terms - A. The Advisory Board on Midwifery is established as an...
§ 54.1-2957.11. Requirements for disclosure - Any person practicing as a licensed midwife shall provide disclosure...
§ 54.1-2957.12. Immunity - No person other than the licensed midwife who provided care...
§ 54.1-2957.13. Exceptions - The provisions of §§ 54.1-2957.7 through 54.1-2957.12 shall not prevent...
§ 54.1-2957.14. Advisory Board on Polysomnographic Technology; appointment; terms; duties - A. The Advisory Board on Polysomnographic Technology shall assist the...
§ 54.1-2957.15. Unlawful to practice as a polysomnographic technologist without a license - A. It shall be unlawful for any person not holding...
§ 54.1-2957.16. Licensure of behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts; requirements; powers of the Board - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice...
§ 54.1-2957.17. Exceptions to licensure requirements - A. The provisions of § 54.1-2957.16 shall not be construed...
§ 54.1-2957.18. Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis - A. The Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis (Advisory Board) shall...
§ 54.1-2957.19. Genetic counseling; regulation of the practice; license required; licensure; temporary license - A. The Board shall adopt regulations governing the practice of...
§ 54.1-2957.20. Exemptions - The provisions of this chapter shall not prohibit: 1. A...
§ 54.1-2957.21. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 240, cl....
§ 54.1-2957.22. Advisory Board on Genetic Counseling established; membership; terms - A. The Advisory Board on Genetic Counseling (Advisory Board) is...
§ 54.1-2958. Procedure for determining acceptability of foreign courses of study and educational institutions - The Board may promulgate regulations and guidelines for determining the...
§ 54.1-2959. Supervised training programs; students enrolled in schools of medicine or chiropractic schools allowed to engage in certain activities; prohibition of unauthorized pelvic exams - A. Students enrolled in schools of medicine may (i) participate...
§ 54.1-2960. Medical students in hospitals - Subject to such restrictions as the Board, in consultation with...
§ 54.1-2961. Interns and residents in hospitals - A. Interns and residents holding temporary licenses may be employed...
§ 54.1-2962. Division of fees among physicians prohibited - A. No physician licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in...
§ 54.1-2962.01. Anatomic pathology services; fees - A. No practitioner licensed in accordance with the provisions of...
§ 54.1-2962.1. Solicitation or receipt of remuneration in exchange for referral prohibited - No practitioner of the healing arts shall knowingly and willfully...
§ 54.1-2962.2. Physician-patient relationship; effect of certain emergency department treatment - A. Any physician-patient relationship that may be created by virtue...
§ 54.1-2963. Selling vitamins or food supplements in connection with a practice of the healing arts - The Board shall have authority to promulgate regulations regulating the...
§ 54.1-2963.1. Disclosure of medical treatment options - Any physician shall have the authority to disclose fully all...
§ 54.1-2964. Disclosure of interest in referral facilities and clinical laboratories - A. Any practitioner of the healing arts shall, prior to...
§ 54.1-2965. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1991, c. 643.
§ 54.1-2966. Physicians reporting disabilities to aircraft pilots licensing authorities exempt from liability; testifying in certain proceedings - A. Any physician who, in good faith, reports the existence,...
§ 54.1-2966.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2017, cc. 712 and 720, cl. 2.
§ 54.1-2967. Physicians and others rendering medical aid to report certain wounds - Any physician or other person who renders any medical aid...
§ 54.1-2968. Information about certain handicapped persons - This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit any duly...
§ 54.1-2969. Authority to consent to surgical and medical treatment of certain minors - A. Whenever any minor who has been separated from the...
§ 54.1-2970. Medical treatment for certain persons incapable of giving informed consent - When a delay in treatment might adversely affect recovery, a...
§ 54.1-2970.1. Individual incapable of making informed decision; procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination; consent by minors - A. A licensed physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or registered...
§ 54.1-2971. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2008, cc. 35 and 77.
§ 54.1-2971.01. Prescription in excess of recommended dosage in certain cases - A. Consistent with § 54.1-3408.1, a physician may prescribe a...
§ 54.1-2971.1. Disclosure for certain treatment of infertility - Before a physician commences treatment of a patient by in...
§ 54.1-2972. When person deemed medically and legally dead; determination of death; nurses', licensed practical nurses', physician assistants' or nurse practitioners' authority to pronounce death under certain circumstances - A. As used in this section, "autonomous nurse practitioner" means...
§ 54.1-2973. Persons who may authorize postmortem examination of decedent's body - Any of the following persons, in order of priority stated,...
§ 54.1-2973.1. Practice of laser hair removal - The practice of laser hair removal shall be performed by...
§ 54.1-2974. Sterilization operations for persons 18 years or older capable of informed consent - It shall be lawful for any physician licensed by the...
§ 54.1-2975. Sterilization operations for certain children incapable of informed consent - It shall be lawful for any physician licensed by the...
§ 54.1-2976. Sterilization operations for certain adults incapable of informed consent - It shall be lawful for any physician licensed by the...
§ 54.1-2977. Standards for court-authorized sterilization of certain persons - A. In order for the circuit court to authorize the...
§ 54.1-2978. Reports of certain sterilizations - The court shall report to the State Registrar of Vital...
§ 54.1-2979. No liability for nonnegligent performance of operation - Subject to the rules of law applicable generally to negligence,...
§ 54.1-2980. Article inapplicable to certain medical or surgical treatment - No provision in this article shall apply to or be...
§ 54.1-2981. Short title - The provisions of this article shall be known and may...
§ 54.1-2982. Definitions - As used in this article: "Advance directive" means (i) a...
§ 54.1-2983. Procedure for making advance directive; notice to physician - Any adult capable of making an informed decision may, at...
§ 54.1-2983.1. Participation in health care research - An advance directive may authorize an agent to approve participation...
§ 54.1-2983.2. Capacity; required determinations - A. Every adult shall be presumed to be capable of...
§ 54.1-2983.3. Exclusions and limitations of advance directives - A. The absence of an advance directive by an adult...
§ 54.1-2984. Suggested form of written advance directives - An advance directive executed pursuant to this article may, but...
§ 54.1-2985. Revocation of an advance directive - A. An advance directive may be revoked at any time...
§ 54.1-2985.1. Injunction; court-ordered health care - A. On petition of any person to the circuit court...
§ 54.1-2986. Procedure in absence of an advance directive; procedure for advance directive without agent; no presumption; persons who may authorize health care for patients incapable of informed decisions - A. Whenever a patient is determined to be incapable of...
§ 54.1-2986.1. Duties and authority of agent or person identified in § 54.1-2986 - A. If the declarant appoints an agent in an advance...
§ 54.1-2986.2. Health care decisions in the event of patient protest - A. Except as provided in subsection B or C, the...
§ 54.1-2987. Transfer of patient by physician who refuses to comply with advance directive or health care decision - An attending physician who refuses to comply with (i) a...
§ 54.1-2987.1. Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders - A. As used in this section: "Health care provider" includes,...
§ 54.1-2988. Immunity from liability; burden of proof; presumption - A health care facility, physician or other person acting under...
§ 54.1-2988.1. Assistance with completing and executing advance directives - A. The distribution of written advance directives in a form...
§ 54.1-2989. Willful destruction, concealment, etc., of declaration or revocation; penalties - A. Any person who willfully (i) conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates,...
§ 54.1-2989.1. Failure to deliver advance directive - An agent in possession of an advance medical directive vesting...
§ 54.1-2990. Medically unnecessary health care not required; procedure when physician refuses to comply with an advance directive or a designated person's health care decision; mercy killing or euthanasia prohibited - A. As used in this section: "Health care provider" has...
§ 54.1-2991. Effect of declaration; suicide; insurance; declarations executed prior to effective date - The withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures in accordance with...
§ 54.1-2992. Preservation of existing rights - The provisions of this article are cumulative with existing law...
§ 54.1-2993. Reciprocity - An advance directive executed in another state shall be deemed...
§ 54.1-2993.1. Qualified advance directive facilitators; requirements for training programs - The Department of Health shall approve a program for the...
§ 54.1-2994. Advance Health Care Directive Registry established - The Department of Health shall make available a secure online...
§ 54.1-2995. Filing of documents with the registry; regulations; fees - A. A person may submit any of the following documents...
§ 54.1-2996. Validity of unregistered documents - Failure to register a document with the registry maintained by...
§ 54.1-2997. Direct primary care agreements - A. A direct agreement between a patient, the patient's legal...
§ 54.1-2998. Direct primary care agreement requirements; disclosures; disclaimer - A. Every direct primary care agreement shall include the following...