Virginia SB 829: Military medical personnel program; personnel may practice under supervision of physician, etc.

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18104799D

SENATE BILL NO. 829 

Offered January 15, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact �� 2.2-2001.4 and 54.1-2901 of the 
 Code of Virginia, relating to military medical personnel program; supervision. 
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Patrons-- Barker and Cosgrove; Delegate: Bell, John J. 

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Referred to Committee on Education and Health 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That �� 2.2-2001.4 and 54.1-2901 of the Code of Virginia 
 are amended and reenacted as follows:

� 2.2-2001.4. Military medical personnel; program.

A. For the purposes of this section, "military medical 
 personnel" means an individual who has recently served as a medic in the 
 United States Army, medical technician in the United States Air Force, or 
 corpsman in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard and who was 
 discharged or released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable.

B. The Department, in collaboration with the Department of 
 Health Professions, shall establish a pilot 
 program in which military medical personnel may practice and perform certain 
 delegated acts that constitute the practice of medicine under the supervision 
 of (i) a physician or podiatrist who holds an active, 
 unrestricted license in Virginia or (ii) the chief 
 medical officer, or his designee who is a licensee 
 of the Board of Medicine or Board of Nursing, of 
 an organization participating in the program. Such 
 activities shall reflect the level of training and experience of the military 
 medical personnel. The supervising physician 
 or, 
 podiatrist, or chief medical 
 officer or his designee who is a licensee 
 of the Board of Medicine or Board of Nursing shall retain 
 responsibility for the care of the patient.

C. Any licensed physician or podiatrist, a professional 
 corporation or partnership of any licensee, any hospital, or any commercial 
 enterprise having medical facilities for its employees that are supervised by 
 one or more physicians or podiatrists may participate in such pilot program.

D. The Department shall establish general requirements for 
 participating military medical personnel, licensees, and employers.

� 54.1-2901. Exceptions and exemptions generally.

A. The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent or 
 prohibit:

1. Any person entitled to practice his profession under any 
 prior law on June 24, 1944, from continuing such practice within the scope of 
 the definition of his particular school of practice;

2. Any person licensed to practice naturopathy prior to June 
 30, 1980, from continuing such practice in accordance with regulations 
 promulgated by the Board;

3. Any licensed nurse practitioner from rendering care in 
 collaboration and consultation with a patient care team physi