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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 | SB 1009 | Virginia SB 1009 (2017) |
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Virginia SB 1009 (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 (CHAP0058) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1009ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104059D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101063D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
- George L. Barker (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101063D
introduction - 2017-01-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2017-01-13 Incorporates SB1220 (Barker)
- 2017-01-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-01-16 Reading of substitute waived
- 2017-01-16 Committee substitute agreed to 17104059D-S1
- 2017-01-16 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1009S1
- 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
- 2017-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2017-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2017-02-14 Enrolled
- 2017-02-14 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-02-15 Signed by President
- 2017-02-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
- 2017-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
- 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 58 (effective 2/20/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c11c3d9-09da-4bc9-bba9-2f82be41265c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).