Published on May 3, 2023
2023 Findings Show Virginia’s Behavioral Healthcare Professionals are Increasingly at or Near Retirement Age as Efforts Ramp Up to Better Reflect Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Practitioners
Published on Nov 5, 2022
Arne Owens is the Director of the Virginia Department of Health Professions, the agency responsible for the licensure and regulation of the Commonwealth's 500,000 healthcare practitioners across 13 regulatory boardsand programs.
Published on Sep 10, 2020
The Department of Health Professions (DHP) has been made aware that some licensees have received fraudulent communications from individuals claiming to be from one of our licensing boards or another agency
Published on Jan 21, 2022
Governor Glenn Youngkin issued an updated COVID-19 Action Plan on March 1, 2022.
Published on Nov 9, 2021
Department of Health Professions releases report on best practices for Opioid-Related emergencies in the Emergency Department
Published on Mar 6, 2019
Virginia’s Prescription Monitoring Program, or PMP, announces its new ability to share the prescription history of Military Treatment Facility patients.
Published on Feb 20, 2019
This law allows Nurse Practitioners with the equivalent of 5 years of full-time clinical experience to be able to apply for full practice authority (autonomous practice).
Published on Feb 10, 2020
This month, the Department of Health Professions joins the more than 400,000 licensees of the Commonwealth’s 13 health regulatory boards to recognize with Health and Human Resources Secretary, Dr. Daniel Carey, American Heart Month.
Published on Jun 29, 2018
A Request for Application (RFA) process has opened for obtaining conditional approval for a pharmaceutical processor permit.
Published on Jan 26, 2018
Governor Ralph Northam announced interconnectivity between Virginia's Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) and North Carolina's Controlled Substance Reporting System, RxSentry.