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| Bill | Medicine, Board of; temporary licensure of physicians licensed in a foreign country. | Board of Medicine; temporary licensure of physicians licensed in a foreign country. Permits the Board of Medicine to issue a provisional license to a physician licensed in a foreign country for no more than two years, then a subsequent renewable two-year license if the physician practices in a medically underserved area. After two years of practice under the renewable license in a medically underserved area, a physician licensed in a foreign country is eligible to apply for a full, unrestricted license to practice medicine. The bill specifies that eligibility for such licenses is conditional upon an applicant demonstrating certain educational and experiential qualifications to the Board and obtaining employment with a medical care facility that provides an assessment and evaluation program for physicians licensed in a foreign country. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 995 | Virginia HB 995 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 995 (2024) — Medicine, Board of; temporary licensure of physicians licensed in a foreign country.
Board of Medicine; temporary licensure of physicians licensed in a foreign country. Permits the Board of Medicine to issue a provisional license to a physician licensed in a foreign country for no more than two years, then a subsequent renewable two-year license if the physician practices in a medically underserved area. After two years of practice under the renewable license in a medically underserved area, a physician licensed in a foreign country is eligible to apply for a full, unrestricted license to practice medicine. The bill specifies that eligibility for such licenses is conditional upon an applicant demonstrating certain educational and experiential qualifications to the Board and obtaining employment with a medical care facility that provides an assessment and evaluation program for physicians licensed in a foreign country.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0464 (committee substitute) — source
- HB995ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104934D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104934D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2024-01-19 Assigned sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB995)
- 2024-02-06 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-08 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-09 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-12 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-03-08 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB995ER)
passage - 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB995ER)
- 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-09 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 464 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d748100b-ab2a-4e7c-9f98-cc3f83309075. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).