SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2024 SESSION CHAPTER E390 An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-2408.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to out-of-state health care practitioners;
R O [H 511] L Approved April 4, 2024 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
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E § 54.1-2408.4.
from1. a licensed hospital, a nursing home, an assisted living facility, a dialysis facility, the Department of Health, or a local health department;
The practitioner is contracted by or has received an offer of employment in the Commonwealth Health, or a local health department;ome, an assisted living facility, a dialysis facility, the Department of 2.
The employer or contractor verifies that the out-of-state health care provider possesses an active and unencumbered license, certification, or registration for the profession in which he will beHemployedbe employed or contracted in another state or the District of Columbia;
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The employer or contractor obtains a report from the National Practitioner Data Bank if t1ethe app4.applicant is subject to reporting;
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If the health care practitioner practicing with a temporary authorization has submitted an application for licensure, certification, or registration, the applicable health regulatory board shall expedite such applications for out-of-state health care practitioners practicing pursuant to this section.
Out-of-state health care practitioners practicing pursuant to this section shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth and shall be subject to disciplinary action by the applicable health regD.regulatory board.
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