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Budget Amendments - HB5005 (Floor Approved)

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Extend Practice Waivers for Nurse Practitioners (language only)

Item 309 #1h

Item 309 #1h
Health and Human Resources
Department of Health Professions

Language

Page 110, after line 27, insert:

"B. Nurse practitioners licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, except those licensed in the category of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, with two or more years of clinical experience may continue to practice in the practice category in which they are certified and licensed and prescribe without a written or electronic practice agreement until the termination of a declared state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic."

Explanation

(This amendment adds language extending the ability for certain nurse practitioners to practice without a written or electronic practice agreement until the termination of the declared public emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurse Practitioners already have this authority under Executive Order #57 but it expired on September 8, 2020. It is the intent of the General Assembly that this item be set out upon enrolling.)

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