republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1484.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational therapists; Board of Medicine shall amend regulations governing licensure."
description: "Directs the Board of Medicine to amend regulations governing licensure of occupational therapists to provide that Type 1 continuing learning activities that shall be completed by the practitioner prior to renewal of a license shall consist of an organized program of study, classroom experience, or similar educational experience that is related to a licensee's current or anticipated roles and responsibilities in occupational therapy and approved or provided by one of the following organizations or any of its components: the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association; the American Occupational Therapy Association; the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy; a local, state, or federal government agency; a regionally accredited college or university; or a health care organization accredited by a national accrediting organization granted authority by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assure compliance with Medicare conditions of participation. Such regulations shall also provide that Type 1 continuing learning activities may also include an American Medical Association Category 1 Continuing Medical Education program. The bill further provides that the Board of Medicine shall not deem maintenance of any certification provided by such organization as sufficient to fulfill continuing learning requirements for occupational therapists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1484"
citation: "Virginia HB 1484 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-12-13"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d63c3c47-7b02-407c-80ec-43241553424a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1484"
source_hash: "0f2c09c72a3a3645cd647f35223c2898f769a65929aab3ff12e443fb120898de"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1484 (2017) — Occupational therapists; Board of Medicine shall amend regulations governing licensure.

Directs the Board of Medicine to amend regulations governing licensure of occupational therapists to provide that Type 1 continuing learning activities that shall be completed by the practitioner prior to renewal of a license shall consist of an organized program of study, classroom experience, or similar educational experience that is related to a licensee's current or anticipated roles and responsibilities in occupational therapy and approved or provided by one of the following organizations or any of its components: the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association; the American Occupational Therapy Association; the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy; a local, state, or federal government agency; a regionally accredited college or university; or a health care organization accredited by a national accrediting organization granted authority by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assure compliance with Medicare conditions of participation. Such regulations shall also provide that Type 1 continuing learning activities may also include an American Medical Association Category 1 Continuing Medical Education program. The bill further provides that the Board of Medicine shall not deem maintenance of any certification provided by such organization as sufficient to fulfill continuing learning requirements for occupational therapists.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0411)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0411)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1484ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1484ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17103433D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1484H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102024D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1484)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102024D `introduction`
- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 17103433D-H1
- **2017-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1484H1
- **2017-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-15** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 411 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d63c3c47-7b02-407c-80ec-43241553424a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).