Bill Text: VA HB1573 | 2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered

Virginia House Bill 1573 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Mental health conditions & impairment; health regulatory board w/in DHP to amend its applications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018) [HB1573 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2023-HB1573-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 18 An Act to direct health regulatory boards within the Department of Health Professions to amend language related to mental health conditions and impairment in licensure, certification, and registration applications; emergency. [H 1573] Approved March 16, 2023

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That each health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions shall amend its licensure, certification, and registration applications to remove any existing questions pertaining to mental health conditions and impairment and to include the following questions: (i) Do you have any reason to believe that you would pose a risk to the safety or well-being of your patients or clients? and (ii) Are you able to perform the essential functions of a practitioner in your area of practice with or without reasonable accommodation?

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.