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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physician assistants; practice."
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description: "Practice of physician assistants. Removesthe requirement that physician assistants appointed as medical examinerspractice as part of a patient care team. For hospice program licensing,the bill adds physician assistants to the list of hospice personnelwho may be part of a medically directed interdisciplinary team. Thebill removes a reference to physician assistants in the definitionof patient care team podiatrist. Finally, the bill permits physicianassistants working in the field of orthopedics as part of a patientcare team to utilize fluoroscopy for guidance of diagnostic and therapeuticprocedures, provided other requirements are met."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 145"
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citation: "Virginia HB 145 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-07"
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last_action: "2022-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ef991f9-412a-49a8-aa76-80a3683c72de"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB145"
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source_hash: "8a95ea1406bc6098d32cc9922aa295cb00af0c6634a008c8ac3c8548827baf91"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 145 (2022) — Physician assistants; practice.
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Practice of physician assistants. Removesthe requirement that physician assistants appointed as medical examinerspractice as part of a patient care team. For hospice program licensing,the bill adds physician assistants to the list of hospice personnelwho may be part of a medically directed interdisciplinary team. Thebill removes a reference to physician assistants in the definitionof patient care team podiatrist. Finally, the bill permits physicianassistants working in the field of orthopedics as part of a patientcare team to utilize fluoroscopy for guidance of diagnostic and therapeuticprocedures, provided other requirements are met.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0151)
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2. **HB145ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB145ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101644D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB145)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 22101644D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB145E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101644D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB145)
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- **2022-01-18** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-28** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2022-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB145E
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- **2022-01-28** Printed as engrossed 22101644D-E
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- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB145E)
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- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-16** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-24** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB145ER)
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ef991f9-412a-49a8-aa76-80a3683c72de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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