Summary of VCNP Legislative Efforts, 1973-2009 |
| Year | Bill # | Patron | Impact on Practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Medical Practice Act was amended allowing Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to perform medical practice acts under physician supervision. Regulations were to be promulgated under the BON & Board of Medicine (Joint Boards) | ||
| 1986 | Provisional practice status for NPs pending certification | ||
| 1988 | Certification changed to licensure (LNP) through change in regulations. Regulations less restrictive - modify definition of supervision | ||
| 1990 | HB 768
SJR 24 |
Mary Marshall | First attempt at prescriptive authority, bill pulled at request of VCNP
Developed the Task Force on Access and Barriers to the Services of Nurse Practitioners |
| 1991 | HB 1402 SB 606 |
Mary Marshall Elliot Schewel |
NPs gain limited prescriptive authority - schedule VI |
| 1994 | SJR 164 | Elliot Schewel | Requested the Joint Commission on Healthcare study of NPs showed reimbursement issues, lack of provider status, prescriptive authority restrictions were barriers to NP practice |
| 1995 | SB 984 | Elliot Schewel | Ratio of NP/MD supervision of NPs with prescriptive authority raised from 2:1 to 4:1 with sunset clause to revert back in 2000 |
| 1998 | SB 431 | Edward Houck | Allow NPs to conduct physicals for school bus drivers
VCNP meets for legislative strategy session in Charlottesville |
| 1999 | SB 744 HB 1958 HB 2341 |
John Edwards Chris Jones |
Continue NP/MD supervision ratio at 4:1, lifting a sunset clause in legislation in 1995 that would have reverted back to 2:1 Allowed NPs & PAs to dispense manufacturers samples |
| 2000 | HB 818 | Jeannemarie Devolites | Prescriptive authority schedules III-VI |
| 2001 | HB 2093 | Jeannemarie Devolites | Eliminated requirement for NPs with prescriptive authority to obtain controlled substance registration
VCNP meets for legislative strategy session in Charlottesville |
| 2002 | SB 101 | Janet Howell | Allowed NPs to order Physical Therapy services |
| 2004 | HB 855 | Chris Jones | Signature & certification legislation |
| 2006 | SB 456 | Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis | Prescriptive authority schedule II |
| 2007 | HB 2416 | Clay Athey | NP Immunity for lab tests ordered by another provider Did not report out of sub-committee |
| 2008 | SB 63 | Janet Howell | Mandated at least one of the seven seats on BON to be a NP |
| 2009 | VCNP meets for legislative strategy session in Richmond |
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