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| Bill | Surgical technologist; certification, use of title. | Surgical technologist; certification; use oftitle. Provides that that no person shall hold himself out tobe a surgical technologist or use or assume the title of "surgicaltechnologist" or "certified surgical technologist" unless such personis certified by the Board of Medicine; currently, a person mustbe registered with the Board of Medicine to use the title "registeredsurgical technologist." The bill also (i) adds a requirement thatan applicant whose certification is based on his holding a current credential as a certified surgical technologist from the NationalBoard of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting also demonstratethat he has successfully completed an accredited surgical technologisttraining program and (ii) provides that the Board of Medicine maycertify a person who has practiced as a surgical technologist atany time in the six months prior to July 1, 2021, provided that heregisters with the Board of Medicine by December 31, 2021. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2220 | Virginia HB 2220 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2220 (2021) — Surgical technologist; certification, use of title.
Surgical technologist; certification; use oftitle. Provides that that no person shall hold himself out tobe a surgical technologist or use or assume the title of "surgicaltechnologist" or "certified surgical technologist" unless such personis certified by the Board of Medicine; currently, a person mustbe registered with the Board of Medicine to use the title "registeredsurgical technologist." The bill also (i) adds a requirement thatan applicant whose certification is based on his holding a current credential as a certified surgical technologist from the NationalBoard of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting also demonstratethat he has successfully completed an accredited surgical technologisttraining program and (ii) provides that the Board of Medicine maycertify a person who has practiced as a surgical technologist atany time in the six months prior to July 1, 2021, provided that heregisters with the Board of Medicine by December 31, 2021.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0230 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2220ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102622D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102622D
introduction - 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2021-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB2220)
- 2021-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-26 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-29 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2021-02-18 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-25 Enrolled
- 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB2220ER)
- 2021-02-25 Signed by President
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 230 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab467b92-9478-4436-9723-552f117fb7d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).