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| Bill | Telemedicine, practice of; prescribing controlled substances. | Provides that a health care practitioner who performs or has performed an appropriate examination of the patient, either physically or by the use of instrumentation and diagnostic equipment, for the purpose of establishing a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship may prescribe Schedule II through VI controlled substances to the patient, provided that the prescribing of such controlled substance is in compliance with federal requirements for the practice of telemedicine. The bill also authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to register an entity at which a patient is treated by the use of instrumentation and diagnostic equipment for the purpose of establishing a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship and is prescribed Schedule II through VI controlled substances to possess and administer Schedule II through VI controlled substances when such prescribing is in compliance with federal requirements for the practice of telemedicine and the patient is not in the physical presence of a practitioner registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | HB 1767 | Virginia HB 1767 (2017) |
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Virginia HB 1767 (2017) — Telemedicine, practice of; prescribing controlled substances.
Provides that a health care practitioner who performs or has performed an appropriate examination of the patient, either physically or by the use of instrumentation and diagnostic equipment, for the purpose of establishing a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship may prescribe Schedule II through VI controlled substances to the patient, provided that the prescribing of such controlled substance is in compliance with federal requirements for the practice of telemedicine. The bill also authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to register an entity at which a patient is treated by the use of instrumentation and diagnostic equipment for the purpose of establishing a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship and is prescribed Schedule II through VI controlled substances to possess and administer Schedule II through VI controlled substances when such prescribing is in compliance with federal requirements for the practice of telemedicine and the patient is not in the physical presence of a practitioner registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0110) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1767ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101012D (committee substitute) — source
- House: Printed as engrossed 17101012D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101012D
introduction - 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2017-01-18 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-01-19 Passed by for the day
- 2017-01-20 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-01-20 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2017-01-20 Engrossed by House as amended HB1767E
- 2017-01-20 Printed as engrossed 17101012D-E
- 2017-01-23 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2017-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2017-01-24 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2017-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-15 Enrolled
- 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-02-17 Signed by President
- 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 110 (effective 2/21/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81caab3a-7deb-49bf-adc0-8d296b621df4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).