PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
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    PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

    Accountancy, Board for; authorized to contract for certain services, Board to conduct a performance evaluation thereof. Adding § 54.1-2002.1. (Patron-Croshaw, HB 1336; Stosch, SB 447)

    Acupuncture; practice. Amending §§ 54.1-2900 and 54.1-2956.9. (Patron-Lambert, SB 406)

    Administrative Process Act; exemptions include regulatory boards served by Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation which are limited to reducing fees charged to regulants and applicants. Amending § 9-6.14:4.1. (Patron-Callahan, HB 425; Bolling, SB 155)

    Adult care residences; employees trained in CPR to honor patient's request not-to-resuscitate in event of cardiac or respiratory arrest. Amending § 54.1-2901; adding § 63.1-174.3. (Patron-Guest, HB 1384)

    Animal hospitals and clinics; issuance of permits. Adding § 54.1-3806.2; repealing § 54.1-3806.1. (Patron-Keating, HB 1107)

    Attorneys; provides attorney in whose office a person reads to become an attorney may also employ such person. Amending § 54.1-3926. (Patron-Phillips, HB 709)

    Auctioneers Board; examinations. Amending § 54.1-603. (Patron-Ingram, HB 1057; Newman, SB 294)

    Backflow prevention device workers; certification, Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation to study appropriate level of regulation thereof. Amending §§ 54.1-1102, 54.1-1118 and 54.1-1128 through 54.1-1135. (Patron-Reynolds, HB 1019; Goode, SB 412)

    Bar, Virginia State; fees. Amending § 54.1-3912. (Patron-Putney, HB 860)

    Business, professional and occupational license (BPOL) tax; certain reimbursements excluded from gross receipts. Amending § 58.1-3732. (Patron-Hall, HB 809)

    Business, professional and occupational license (BPOL) tax; changes base for tax purpose from gross receipts to net receipts. Amending §§ 58.1-3705, 58.1-3706 and 58.1-3732. (Patron-Dillard, HB 383)

    Business, professional and occupational license (BPOL) tax; excludes certain research and development revenues. Amending §§ 58.1-3703 and 58.1-3706. (Patron-Puller, HB 1460)

    Business, professional and occupational license (BPOL) tax; excludes equipment used for processing iron, steel or non-ferrous metallic scrap into metal products. Amending § 58.1-3703. (Patron-Cantor, HB 1542)

    Business, professional and occupational license (BPOL) tax; excludes software manufacturers and systems integrators. Amending § 58.1-3703. (Patron-Scott, HB 1497)

    Business, professional and occupational license (BPOL) tax; exemption for venture capital funds. Amending § 58.1-3703. (Patron-Watts, HB 679)

    Business, professional and occupational license (BPOL) tax; uniform ordinance to be used by local governments. Amending §§ 58.1-3700, 58.1-3701, 58.1-3703, 58.1-3706, 58.1-3708 and 58.1-3732; adding §§ 58.1-3700.1 and 58.1-3703.1; repealing §§ 58.1-3707 and 58.1-3725. (Patron-Brickley, HB 293; Stosch, SB 283; Chichester, SB 587)

    Carpenters and Masons, Need for Certification of; Report of Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation (SJR 321, 1995). (SD 11)

    Chiropractic Advisory Board; created. Amending §§ 2.1-1.6 and 9-6.25:1; adding § 54.1-2924.01. (Patron-Schrock, SB 531)

    Chiropractors; licensure granted by Board of Medicine by meeting requirements for reciprocity or endorsement for practice. (Patron-Diamonstein, HB 1500)

    Clients' Protection Fund; continued as special fund of State Bar. Adding § 54.1-3913.1. (Patron-Gartlan, SB 458)

    Concealed weapons; private security business personnel authorized to carry without permit. Amending § 18.2-308. (Patron-Quayle, SB 562)

    Concealed weapons; provisions not applicable to an armed security officer protecting his weapon from inclement weather, and registered personal protection specialists. Amending § 18.2-308. (Patron-Keating, HB 301)

    Contractor Transaction Recovery Act; minimum balance in Recovery Fund, filing of claims. Amending §§ 54.1-1119 and 54.1-1120. (Patron-Fisher, HB 1277)

    Contractors; Board for Contractors to consider including in examinations for Class A and B licenses, a test for knowledge about structures and construction. (Patron-Almand, HJR 205)

    Contractors; cannot continue to work on an expired license. Amending § 54.1-1109. (Patron-Dudley, HB 1079)

    Contractors; certification requirements for certain valued contracts. Amending § 54.1-1100. (Patron-Colgan, SB 128)

    Contractors; examinations for Class A and Class B licenses, requirements, etc. Amending §§ 54.1-1106, 54.1-1108 and 54.1-1108.1; adding § 54.1-1110.1. (Patron-Norment, SB 351)

    Contractors; not required to be licensed as an architect or professional engineer when performing services under a design-build contract. Amending § 54.1-406. (Patron-Cantor, HB 1324)

    Contractors; suspension and revocation of license, procedure for reinstatement. Amending §§ 54.1-1102 and 54.1-1110. (Patron-Norment, SB 602)

    Contractors, Board for; membership to include equal representation of Class A, B and C contractors, submission of financial reports. Amending §§ 54.1-1102, 54.1-1106 and 54.1-1108. (Patron-Colgan, SB 392)

    Contractors using landscaping materials; imposition of license tax, such materials exempt from sales tax. Amending § 58.1-3714. (Patron-May, HB 1492)

    Controlled substances; administration by physicians' assistants or qualified emergency medical services personnel. Amending § 54.1-3408. (Patron-Morgan, HB 696)

    Controlled substances; authorized issuance of heparin and sterile normal saline for maintenance of intravenous access lines. Amending § 54.1-3408. (Patron-Morgan, HB 98)

    Controlled substances; certain licensed practitioners not required to obtain a registration certificate from Board of Pharmacy. Amending §§ 54.1-2926, 54.1-3422, 54.1-3423 and 54.1-3424. (Patron-Morgan, HB 697; Martin, SB 292)

    Correctional health assistants; transfer of control. Amending §§ 54.1-2901 and 54.1-2952. (Patron-Ruff, HB 1548)

    Cosmetic and medical device manufacturers; deletes requirement that they be licensed by Board of Pharmacy, restrictions on repackaging medical gases. Amending §§ 54.1-3307, 54.1-3401, 54.1-3437, 54.1-3438, 54.1-3439 and 54.1-3441. (Patron-Morgan, HB 698; Martin, SB 291)

    Criminal prosecutions; use of certificate of transplant surgeon as evidence. Adding § 19.2-188.2. (Patron-Gartlan, SB 450)

    Death; determination by nurses. Amending § 54.1-2972. (Patron-Shuler, HB 1355)

    Decedents' estates; payment of debts, increases amount for funeral expenses. Amending § 64.1-157. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 624)

    Dental hygienists; administration of controlled substances. Amending § 54.1-3408. (Patron-McDonnell, HB 550)

    Dental hygienists; continuing education. Amending § 54.1-2729. (Patron-Ruff, HB 826; Ruff, HB 827)

    Dental hygienists; joint subcommittee to study availability thereof, appropriation. (Patron-Davies, HJR 81)

    Dental hygientists; administration of local anesthesia. Amending § 54.1-3408. (Patron-Fisher, HB 1280)

    Dogs and cats; rabies inoculation by veterinary technicians. Amending §§ 3.1-796.97 and 3.1-796.97:1. (Patron-Cox, HB 523)

    Drug Control Act; prescription forms from out-of-state practitioners do not have to comply with format required by Virginia law, updating of schedules. Amending §§ 54.1-3303, 54.1-3401, 54.1-3408, 54.1-3410, 54.1-3411, 54.1-3422, 54.1-3426, 54.1-3435.2, 54.1-3443, 54.1-3446 and 54.1-3463. (Patron-Morgan, HB 699)

    Emergency Medical Services Patient Protection Act; created. Adding §§ 54.1-2973.1 through 54.1-2973.5. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 752)

    Employment agencies; abolishes certain license requirements, Employment Agency Advisory Board abolished. Amending §§ 2.1-1.6 and 59.1-199; repealing §§ 54.1-1300 through 54.1-1308. (Patron-Tata, HB 701; Stolle, SB 434)

    Firearm dealers; licensing, operation of store-front businesses with liability insurance. Amending §§ 18.2-308.2:2 and 54.1-4200; adding §§ 52-8.4:2, 54.1-4200.1, 54.1-4200.2 and 54.1-4200.3. (Patron-Robinson, HB 968)

    Funeral establishments; licensure, granting of hardship waivers. Amending § 54.1-2810. (Patron-Abbitt, HB 477)

    Funeral homes; disclosure of general price list for funeral services provided off-premises. Amending § 54.1-2806. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 732)

    Funeral services; preparation of dead bodies infected with infectious diseases. Amending §§ 32.1-37.1 and 54.1-2807.1. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 731)

    Geologist, professional; waiver of examination requirements. Amending § 54.1-1404. (Patron-Way, HB 374)

    Health care occupations and professions; Board of Health Professions to study need for regulation thereof. Adding § 54.1-2409.2. (Patron-Bloxom, HB 1439)

    Health care professionals; disciplinary actions. Amending §§ 54.1-2910, 54.1-2919 and 54.1-2920. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 1134)

    Health care professionals; notice of procedure for complaints. Adding § 54.1-2918.1. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 1137)

    Health care professionals; use of expert witnesses in disciplinary proceedings. Amending § 54.1-2925. (Patron-Bloxom, HB 1444)

    Health care provider records; disclosure. Amending §§ 8.01-413 and 54.1-2403.3; adding § 32.1-127.1:03; repealing § 32.1-127.1:02. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 750)

    Health care providers; immunity for dental or medical services rendered without charge, fee to cover administrative costs. Amending §§ 32.1-127.3 and 54.1-106. (Patron-Howell, SB 384)

    Health insurance; access to an ob/gyn without necessity of prior referral. Amending §§ 38.2-4214 and 38.2-4319; adding § 38.2-3407.10. (Patron-Keating, HB 442; Watkins, HB 1472)

    Health insurance; designation of ob/gyn as primary care physicians. Amending §§ 38.2-4214 and 38.2-4319; adding § 38.2-3407.10. (Patron-Saslaw, SB 548)

    Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certified nurse midwives. Amending §§ 38.2-3408 and 38.2-4221. (Patron-McDonnell, HB 1360)

    Hearing aids; removes annual reporting requirements for corporations, etc., who sell at retail. Amending § 54.1-1501. (Patron-McDonnell, HB 1220)

    Indigent medical services; accounting. Adding § 54.1-2403.4. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 1138)

    Law; conduct of real estate settlements deemed practice thereof. Adding § 54.1-3905.1. (Patron-Moore, HB 1343)

    Law; recovery of civil damages for unauthorized practice. Amending § 54.1-3904. (Patron-Melvin, HB 1301)

    Lawyers; liability for words used in proceedings concerning conduct of a member of Virginia State Bar. Amending § 54.1-3908. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 623)

    Lead contractors; certain exempt from licensure for performing work on premises of employer. Amending § 54.1-512. (Patron-Barlow, HB 910)

    Lead contractors or workers; certification. Amending § 54.1-500. (Patron-Harris, HB 426; Lambert, SB 235)

    Locksmiths; licensing. Amending §§ 9-183.1 and 9-183.3. (Patron-McClure, HB 1184)

    Marijuana; definition. Amending §§ 18.2-247 and 54.1-3401. (Patron-Martin, SB 34)

    Marijuana; definition. Amending § 54.1-3401. (Patron-Morgan, HB 96; Cantor, HB 169)

    Marijuana; definition, distribution, etc. Amending §§ 18.2-247 and 54.1-3401. (Patron-Stolle, SB 58)

    Massage therapy; practice. Amending §§ 54.1-3000, 54.1-3005 and 54.1-3008; adding § 54.1-3029. (Patron-Fisher, HB 1279)

    Medicaid recipients; Joint Commission on Health Care to study effects of Department of Medical Assistance Services' pilot managed care programs on durable medical equipment companies and pharmacy services thereto. (Patron-Marye, SJR 62)

    Medicaid recipients; Joint Commission on Health Care to study results of Department of Medical Assistance Services' pilot program on pharmacy services thereto. (Patron-Hawkins, SJR 117)

    Medical assistance services; direct payment of licensed clinical social workers or professional counselors. Amending § 32.1-325. (Patron-Houck, SB 492)

    Medical education; Board of Medicine to study need for requiring physicians of medicine and osteopathy to participate in continuance thereof, with emphasis on medical ethics. (Patron-Keating, HJR 68; Rhodes, HJR 157)

    Nurse midwives; regulations. Amending § 54.1-2901. (Patron-Barry, SB 581)

    Nurses; license exemption for those who have equivalent credentials from a foreign country. Amending § 54.1-3001. (Patron-Crouch, HB 372)

    Nursing home administrators; licensure. Adding § 54.1-3102.1. (Patron-Cantor, HB 789)

    Ob/Gyn Services in Managed Care Plans, Access to; Report of Joint Subcommittee (HJR 560, 1995). (HD 49)

    Obstetrical and gynecological services; joint subcommittee studying women's access thereto in managed care plans continued, appropriation. (Patron-Keating, HJR 47)

    Obstetrical care; Commissioner of Health to appoint a task force for purpose of establishing professional guidelines therefor. (Patron-Baker, HJR 110)

    Obstetrical Care for Women of Rural Virginia, Access to; Report of Joint Commission on Health Care (SJR 331, 1995). (SD 13)

    Obstetrical training of family medicine residents; Medical College of Virginia, et al., to evaluate programs therefor. (Patron-Lambert, SJR 72)

    Obstetrics and gynecology; residency training. Amending § 54.1-2930. (Patron-Marshall, HB 1094)

    Optometry; practice, use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, etc. Amending §§ 9-6.14:4.1, 54.1-2900, 54.1-3200, 54.1-3207, 54.1-3303, 54.1-3401 and 54.1-3408; adding §§ 54.1-3222, 54.1-3223 and 54.1-3224; repealing §§ 54.1-2957.1, 54.1-2957.2 and 54.1-2957.3. (Patron-Reid, HB 812; Lambert, SB 330)

    Optometry; use of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents. Amending §§ 54.1-3200, 54.1-3211 and 54.1-3220. (Patron-Reid, HB 1035; Schrock, SB 181)

    Orthodontic Care, Policy of Medicaid Eligibility for; Report of Secretary of Health and Human Resources (HJR 476, 1995). (HD 45)

    Peddlers, itinerent merchants, and speciality market vendors; regulation. Adding §§ 54.1-4300 through 54.1-4307. (Patron-Ruff, HB 1116)

    Pharmacies, independent; select committee of House and Senate to study demise thereof, appropriation. (Patron-Davies, HJR 158)

    Pharmacy technicians; Board of Pharmacy to examine need to register, with emphasis on appropriate and balanced training. (Patron-Hull, HJR 166)

    Pharmacy technicians; registration. Amending § 54.1-3301; adding § 54.1-3303.1. (Patron-Hull, HB 1065)

    Physician information; collection. Adding § 54.1-2906.1. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 1135)

    Physician-patient privileged communications; disclosure. Amending § 8.01-399. (Patron-Diamonstein, HB 794; Norment, SB 359)

    Podiatry; practice requirements. Amending § 54.1-2900; adding § 54.1-2939.1. (Patron-Cantor, HB 911; Barry, SB 190)

    Polygraph examiners; licensure. Amending § 54.1-1800. (Patron-Forbes, HB 1003)

    Private security businesses; certain exempt from compulsory training requirements. Amending § 9-182. (Patron-Crouch, HB 1024)

    Private security services businesses; certain regulations not applicable to security forces employed by shipyards. Amending § 9-183.2. (Patron-Diamonstein, HB 627)

    Private security services businesses; certified forensic scientists and certified public accountants exempt from license requirements when employed by Department of Criminal Justice Services. Amending § 9-183.2. (Patron-Reynolds, HB 521)

    Private security services businesses; display of license number, license requirements, training standards. Amending §§ 9-183.1, 9-183.2 and 9-183.3. (Patron-Keating, HB 378)

    Procurement Act, Public; adds dentistry to definition of professional services. Amending § 11-37. (Patron-Behm, HB 1482)

    Professional and occupational licenses; late charges. Adding § 54.1-202.1. (Patron-Parrish, HB 420)

    Psychology; regulation. Amending §§ 8.01-399, 8.01-581.13, 8.01-581.19, 8.01-581.19:1, 19.2-169.5, 19.2-182.2, 19.2-182.5, 19.2-182.8, 19.2-182.9, 19.2-264.3:1, 32.1-135.2, 37.1-186.1, 54.1-2900, 54.1-2901 through 54.1-2904, 54.1-2907, 54.1-2908, 54.1-2929, 54.1-2940, 54.1-3600, 54.1-3601, 54.1-3603 through 54.1-3606 and 54.1-3608; adding §§ 54.1-3612 through 54.1-3616; repealing § 54.1-3607. (Patron-Cantor, HB 621; Norment, SB 428)

    Radiologic Technology Practitioners, Public Health Implications of Licensing; Report of Joint Subcommittee (HJR 617, 1995). (HD 3)

    Real estate appraisers; exemptions from licensure include employees of financial institutions. Amending § 54.1-2010. (Patron-Diamonstein, HB 797)

    Real Estate Board; criteria for correspondence and other distance learning instruction, testing. Amending § 54.1-2105. (Patron-Plum, HB 1507; Marye, SB 316)

    Real estate brokers; eliminates authorization for assigning designated representatives or agents. Amending §§ 54.1-2130 and 54.1-2139. (Patron-Clement, HB 898)

    Real estate brokers and salespersons; regulation. Amending §§ 54.1-2100 and 54.1-2101; adding § 54.1-2106.1; repealing § 54.1-2106. (Patron-Abbitt, HB 834; Stosch, SB 487)

    Real estate licensees; use of professional name. Adding § 54.1-2105.2. (Patron-Woodrum, HB 342)

    Real Estate Transaction Recovery Fund; claims. Amending § 54.1-2114. (Patron-Fisher, HB 1276)

    Real estate transactions; attorneys function as a title insurance agent. Amending § 38.2-4614. (Patron-Cantor, HB 1523)

    Respiratory therapists; name changed to respiratory care practitioners, licensure. Amending §§ 54.1-2900 and 54.1-2954 through 54.1-2956. (Patron-Lambert, SB 614)

    Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include property purchased by contractors. Amending § 58.1-610. (Patron-McClure, HB 269)

    Roofing, flooring and siding (RFS) contractors and inspectors; deregulation, eliminates license requirements. Amending §§ 40.1-51.20, 54.1-500, 54.1-500.1, 54.1-501, 54.1-503, 54.1-505, 54.1-512, 54.1-514, 54.1-516 and 54.1-517. (Patron-Wagner, HB 951; Bolling, SB 483)

    Soil Scientists, Board for Professional; abolished. Amending §§ 2.1-1.6, 9-6.25:2, 32.1-164 and 54.1-300; repealing §§ 54.1-2200 through 54.1-2208. (Patron-Hawkins, SB 368)

    Student loans; default may result in suspension of professional license. Amending § 13.1-506; adding §§ 38.2-1831.1, 54.1-104.1 and 54.1-3938.1. (Patron-Diamonstein, HB 628)

    Substance abuse counselors; licensure. Amending §§ 8.01-581.13, 38.2-3412.1, 54.1-2400.1, 54.1-3500, 54.1-3501 and 54.1-3503 through 54.1-3506; adding §§ 54.1-3507 through 54.1-3509.1. (Patron-Darner, HB 1466)

    Tax information; disclosure to Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation for enforcement of licensing laws. Amending § 58.1-3. (Patron-Crouch, HB 733)

    Travel trailers, motor homes and motorcycles; regulation of dealers. Amending §§ 46.2-1900, 46.2-1907, 46.2-1909 through 46.2-1912, 46.2-1916, 46.2-1918, 46.2-1919, 46.2-1927, 46.2-1930, 46.2-1931, 46.2-1933, 46.2-1943, 46.2-1944, 46.2-1947, 46.2-1948, 46.2-1949, 46.2-1950 through 46.2-1953, 46.2-1955, 46.2-1956, 46.2-1975, 46.2-1976, 46.2-1977, 46.2-1979, 46.2-1985 and 46.2-1988; adding §§ 46.2-1992 through 46.2-1992.85 and 46.2-1993 through 46.2-1993.82; repealing §§ 46.2-1902, 46.2-1903, 46.2-1942 and 46.2-1961. (Patron-Robinson, HB 1243; Waddell, SB 387)

    Veterinarians; regulations shall not prohibit certain activities. Adding § 54.1-3804.1. (Patron-Morgan, HB 925)

    Waste Management Facility Operators, Board for; members. Amending § 54.1-2210. (Patron-Drake, HB 540; Hawkins, SB 394)

    Wet Settlement Act; professional obligations of settlement agents, registration, regulations, etc., Board of Professional and Occupational Regulation to study appropriate level of regulation for settlement agents. Adding §§ 6.1-2.16, 54.1-2145, 54.1-2146 and 54.1-2147. (Patron-Edwards, SB 571)


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