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VA Code § 54.1-2403.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2403.2. Record storage

A. Health records, as defined in § 32.1-127.1:03, may be stored by computerized or other electronic process or microfilm, or other photographic, mechanical, or chemical process; however, the stored record shall identify the location of any documents or information that could not be so technologically stored. If the technological storage process creates an unalterable record, a health care provider licensed, certified, registered or issued a multistate licensure privilege by a health regulatory board within the Department shall not be required to maintain paper copies of health records that have been stored by computerized or other electronic process, microfilm, or other photographic, mechanical, or chemical process. Upon completing such technological storage, paper copies of health records may be destroyed in a manner that preserves the patient's confidentiality. However, any documents or information that could not be so technologically stored shall be preserved.B. Notwithstanding the authority given in this section to store health records in the form of microfilm, prescription dispensing records maintained in or on behalf of any pharmacy registered or permitted in Virginia shall only be stored in compliance with §§ 54.1-3410, 54.1-3411, and 54.1-3412.1994, c. 390; 1998, c. 470; 2004, c. 49; 2012, c. 336.
VA Code § 54.1-2403.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2403.3. Medical records; ownership; provision of copies

Medical records maintained by any health care provider as defined in § 32.1-127.1:03 shall be the property of such health care provider or, in the case of a health care provider employed by another health care provider, the property of the employer. Such health care provider shall release copies of any such medical records in compliance with § 32.1-127.1:03 or § 8.01-413, if the request is made for purposes of litigation, or as otherwise provided by state or federal law.1995, c. 754; 1997, c. 682; 1998, c. 470.
VA Code § 54.1-2404 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2404. Itemized statements required upon request

Upon the request of any of his patients, any health care provider licensed or certified by any of the boards within the Department, except in the case of health care services as defined in Chapter 43 (§ 38.2-4300 et seq.) of Title 38.2, shall provide to such patient an itemized statement of the charges for the services rendered to the requesting patient regardless of whether a bill for the services which are the subject of the request has been or will be submitted to any third party payor including medical assistance services or the state/local hospitalization program.1990, c. 590.
VA Code § 54.1-2405 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2405. Transfer of patient records in conjunction with closure, sale, or relocation of practice; notice required

A. No person licensed, registered, or certified by one of the health regulatory boards under the Department shall transfer records pertaining to a current patient in conjunction with the closure, sale or relocation of a professional practice until such person has first attempted to notify the patient of the pending transfer, by mail, at the patient's last known address, and by publishing prior notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the provider's practice area, as specified in § 8.01-324.The notice shall specify that, at the written request of the patient or an authorized representative, the records or copies will be sent, within a reasonable time, to any other like-regulated provider of the patient's choice or provided to the patient pursuant to § 32.1-127.1:03. The notice shall also disclose whether any charges will be billed by the provider for supplying the patient or the provider chosen by the patient with the originals or copies of the patient's records. Such charges shall not exceed the actual costs of copying and mailing or delivering the records.B. For the purposes of this section:"Current patient" means a patient who has had a patient encounter with the provider or his professional practice during the two-year period immediately preceding the date of the record transfer."Relocation of a professional practice" means the moving of a practice located in Virginia from the location at which the records are stored at the time of the notice to another practice site that is located more than 30 miles away or to another practice site that is located in another state or the District of Columbia.1992, c. 759; 2003, cc. 912, 917; 2004, c. 53.
VA Code § 54.1-2406 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2406. Treatment records of practitioners

No records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any practitioner of any profession regulated by any of the regulatory boards within the Department of Health Professions obtained by the Department or any health regulatory board from a health care provider or facility that is treating or has treated such practitioner for drug addiction or chronic alcoholism shall be disclosed except:1. In a disciplinary hearing before a health regulatory board or in any subsequent trial or appeal of a board action or order;2. To licensing or disciplinary authorities of other jurisdictions or to hospital committees located within or outside this Commonwealth which are concerned with granting, limiting, or denying a physician hospital privileges if a final determination regarding disciplinary action has been made; or3. Pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.1992, c. 808.
VA Code § 54.1-2407 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2407. Requirements for human research

Any person licensed, registered, or certified by any health regulatory board who engages in the conduct of human research, as defined in § 32.1-162.16, shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 5.1 (§ 32.1-162.16 et seq.) of Title 32.1. Failure to so comply shall constitute unprofessional conduct.1992, c. 603.
VA Code § 54.1-2408 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2408. Disqualification for license, certificate or registration

A board within the Department of Health Professions shall refuse to admit a candidate to any examination and shall refuse to issue a license, certificate or registration to any applicant if the candidate or applicant has had his license, certificate or registration to practice the profession or occupation revoked or suspended for any reason other than nonrenewal by another jurisdiction, and has not had his license, certificate or registration to so practice reinstated by the jurisdiction which revoked or suspended his license, certificate or registration, except as may be necessary to license a nurse eligible for reinstatement in another party state as consistent with the Nurse Licensure Compact.1993, c. 991; 2010, c. 414; 2014, c. 76.
VA Code § 54.1-2408.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2408.1. Summary action against licenses, certificates, registrations, or multistate licensure privilege; allegations to be in writing

A. Any health regulatory board may suspend the license, certificate, registration, permit, or multistate licensure privilege of any person holding a license, certificate, registration, permit, or licensure privilege issued by it without a hearing simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing, if the relevant board finds that there is a substantial danger to the public health or safety which warrants this action. A board may meet by telephone conference call when summarily suspending a license, certificate, registration, permit, or licensure privilege if a good faith effort to assemble a quorum of the board has failed and, in the judgment of a majority of the members of the board, the continued practice by the individual constitutes a substantial danger to the public health or safety. Institution of proceedings for a hearing shall be provided simultaneously with the summary suspension. The hearing shall be scheduled within a reasonable time of the date of the summary suspension.B. Any health regulatory board may restrict the license, certificate, registration, permit, or multistate licensure privilege of any person holding a license, certificate, registration, permit, or licensure privilege issued by it without proceeding simultaneously with notification of an informal conference pursuant to §§ 2.2-4019 and 54.1-2400, if the relevant board finds that there is a substantial danger to the public health or safety that warrants this action. A board may meet by telephone conference call when summarily restricting a license, certificate, registration, permit, or licensure privilege if a good faith effort to assemble a quorum of the board has failed and, in the judgment of a majority of the members of the board, the continued practice by the individual constitutes a substantial danger to the public health or safety. The informal conference shall be scheduled within a reasonable time of the date of the summary restriction. Evidence establishing that the registration issued by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to a person holding a license, certificate, registration, permit, or multistate licensure privilege has been suspended or voluntarily surrendered in lieu of disciplinary action is sufficient for a finding that there is a substantial danger to the public health or safety.C. Allegations of violations of this title shall be made in writing to the relevant health regulatory board.1997, c. 556; 2004, c. 49; 2007, c. 22; 2013, c. 765; 2019, c. 94.
VA Code § 54.1-2408.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2408.2. Minimum period for reinstatement after revocation

When the certificate, registration, permit, or license of any person certified, registered, permitted, or licensed by one of the health regulatory boards has been revoked, the board may, after three years and upon the payment of a fee prescribed by the board, consider an application for reinstatement of a certificate, registration, permit, or license in the same manner as the original certificates, registrations, permits, or licenses are granted; however, if a license has been revoked pursuant to subdivision A 19 of § 54.1-2915, the board shall not consider an application for reinstatement until five years have passed since revocation. A board shall conduct an investigation and review an application for reinstatement after revocation to determine whether there are causes for denial of the application. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant to show by clear and convincing evidence that he is safe and competent to practice. The reinstatement of a certificate, registration, permit, or license shall require the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the members at the hearing. In the discretion of the board, such reinstatement may be granted without further examination.2003, cc. 753, 762; 2013, c. 365; 2014, cc. 11, 96; 2017, c. 423.
VA Code § 54.1-2408.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2408.3. Practice pending appeal

Any practitioner or entity whose license, certificate, registration, or permit is suspended or revoked by a health regulatory board of the Department of Health Professions shall not engage in practice in the Commonwealth pending appeal of the board's order.2013, c. 115.
VA Code § 54.1-2409.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2409.1. Criminal penalties for practicing certain professions and occupations without appropriate licensure, certificate, etc.

Any person who, without holding a current valid license, certificate, registration, permit, or multistate licensure privilege issued by a regulatory board pursuant to this title (i) performs an invasive procedure for which a license or multistate licensure privilege is required; (ii) administers, prescribes, sells, distributes, or dispenses a controlled drug; or (iii) practices a profession or occupation after having his license, certificate, registration, permit, or multistate licensure privilege to do so suspended or revoked shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.1994, c. 722; 2004, c. 49; 2017, c. 423.
VA Code § 54.1-2409.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2409.2. Board to set criteria for determining need for professional regulation

The Board of Health Professions shall study and prepare a report for submission to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 1997, containing its findings and recommendations on the appropriate criteria to be applied in determining the need for regulation of any health care occupation or profession. Such criteria shall address at a minimum the following principles:1. Promotion of effective health outcomes and protection of the public from harm.2. Accountability of health regulatory bodies to the public.3. Promotion of consumers' access to a competent health care provider workforce.4. Encouragement of a flexible, rational, cost-effective health care system that allows effective working relationships among health care providers.5. Facilitation of professional and geographic mobility of competent providers.6. Minimization of unreasonable or anti-competitive requirements that produce no demonstrable benefit.The Board in its study shall analyze and frame its recommendations in the context of the total health care delivery system, considering the current and changing nature of the settings in which health care occupations and professions are practiced. It shall recognize in its recommendations the interaction of the regulation of health professionals with other areas of regulation including, but not limited to, the following:1. Regulation of facilities, organizations, and insurance plans;2. Health delivery system data;3. Reimbursement issues;4. Accreditation of education programs; and5. Health workforce planning efforts.The Board in its study shall review and analyze the work of publicly and privately sponsored studies of reform of health care workforce regulation in other states and nations. In conducting its study the Board shall cooperate with the state academic health science centers with accredited professional degree programs.1996, c. 532.
VA Code § 54.1-2409.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2409.3. Participation of advisory boards in disciplinary proceedings

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever a disciplinary proceeding involves a respondent who holds a license or certificate authorizing the practice of a profession represented by a statutorily created advisory board whose members are appointed by the Governor, a member of such advisory board shall sit as a full voting member on any special conference committee, informal fact-finding panel, or formal hearing panel pursuant to Article 3 (§ 2.2-4018 et seq.) of Chapter 40 of Title 2.2 and § 54.1-2400 or 54.1-2408.2.2002, c. 698; 2013, c. 144.
VA Code § 54.1-2409.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2409.4. Authority to receive laboratory results directly

A. Any health care practitioner licensed under this title who, within the scope of his practice, orders a laboratory test or other examination of the physical condition of any person shall, if so requested by the patient or his legal guardian, provide a copy of the report of the results to the patient or his legal guardian, unless, in the professional opinion of the health care practitioner, there is a medical reason not to do so.B. The health care practitioner, at his sole discretion, may authorize the laboratory to provide a copy of the report of the results directly to the patient or his legal guardian. The patient or his legal guardian shall then be considered authorized to receive the report or result for the purposes of the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.C. With the prior authorization of the patient, a laboratory may, contemporaneously with, or subsequent to, furnishing the report to the ordering health care practitioner, provide a copy of the report of the results directly to the insurance carrier, health maintenance organization, or self-insured plan that provides health insurance or similar coverage to the patient. The insurance carrier, health maintenance organization, or self-insured plan shall then be considered authorized to receive the report or result for the purposes of the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.2007, cc. 887, 930; 2011, cc. 807, 849.
VA Code § 54.1-2409.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24 - General Provisions|§ 54.1-2409.5. Conversion therapy prohibited

A. As used in this section, "conversion therapy" means any practice or treatment that seeks to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender. "Conversion therapy" does not include counseling that provides acceptance, support, and understanding of a person or facilitates a person's coping, social support, and identity exploration and development, including sexual-orientation-neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices, as long as such counseling does not seek to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity.B. No person licensed pursuant to this subtitle or who performs counseling as part of his training for any profession licensed pursuant to this subtitle shall engage in conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age. Any conversion therapy efforts with a person under 18 years of age engaged in by a provider licensed in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle or who performs counseling as part of his training for any profession licensed pursuant to this subtitle shall constitute unprofessional conduct and shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the appropriate health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions.2020, cc. 41, 721.
VA Code § 54.1-2412 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24.1 - Practitioner Self-Referral Act|§ 54.1-2412. Board to administer; powers and duties of Board; penalties for violation

A. In addition to its other powers and duties, the Board of Health Professions shall administer the provisions of this chapter.B. The Board shall promulgate, pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), regulations to:1. Establish standards, procedures, and criteria which are reasonable and necessary for the effective administration of this chapter;2. Establish standards, procedures, and criteria for determining compliance with, exceptions to, and violations of the provisions of § 54.1-2411;3. Establish standards, procedures, and criteria for advising practitioners and entities of the applicability of this chapter to activities and investments;4. Levy and collect fees for processing requests for exceptions from the prohibitions set forth in this chapter and for authorization to make referrals pursuant to subsection B of § 54.1-2411;5. Establish standards, procedures, and criteria for review and referral to the appropriate health regulatory board of all reports of investigations of alleged violations of this chapter by practitioners and for investigations and determinations of violations of this chapter by entities;6. Establish standards, procedures, and criteria for granting exceptions from the prohibitions set forth in this chapter; and7. Establish such other regulations as may reasonably be needed to administer this chapter.C. Upon a determination of a violation by the Board, pursuant to the Administrative Process Act, any entity, other than a practitioner, that presents or causes to be presented a bill or claim for services that the entity knows or has reason to know is prohibited by § 54.1-2411 shall be subject to a monetary penalty of no more than $20,000 per referral, bill, or claim. The monetary penalty may be sued for and recovered in the name of the Commonwealth. All such monetary penalties shall be deposited in the Literary Fund.D. Any violation of this chapter by a practitioner shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action as unprofessional conduct by the appropriate health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions. Sanctions for violation of this chapter may include, but are not limited to, the monetary penalty authorized in § 54.1-2401.1993, c. 869.
VA Code § 54.1-2413 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24.1 - Practitioner Self-Referral Act|§ 54.1-2413. Additional conditions related to practitioner-investors

A. No hospital licensed in the Commonwealth shall discriminate against or otherwise penalize any practitioner for compliance with the provisions of this chapter.B. No practitioner, other health care worker, or entity shall enter into any agreement, arrangement, or scheme intended to evade the provisions of this chapter by inducing patient referrals in a manner which would be prohibited by this chapter if the practitioner made the referrals directly.C. No group practice shall be formed for the purpose of facilitating referrals that would otherwise be prohibited by this chapter.D. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a practitioner may refer a patient who is a member of a health maintenance organization to an entity in which the practitioner is an investor if the referral is made pursuant to a contract with the health maintenance organization.E. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a referral to an entity in which the referring practitioner or his immediate family member is an investor shall not be in violation of this chapter if (i) the health service to be provided is a designated health service as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn (h)(6), as amended, and an exception authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn, as amended, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, applies, or (ii) the health service to be provided is not a designated health service as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn (h)(6), as amended, but would qualify for an exception authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn, as amended, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, if the health service were a designated health service.1993, c. 869; 2005, c. 402; 2010, c. 743.
VA Code § 54.1-2414 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 24.1 - Practitioner Self-Referral Act|§ 54.1-2414. Applicability of chapter; grace period for compliance

This chapter shall apply, in the case of any investment interest acquired after February 1, 1993, to referrals for health services made by a practitioner on or after July 1, 1993. However, in the case of any investment interest acquired prior to February 1, 1993, compliance with the provisions of this chapter is required by July 1, 1996.1993, c. 869.