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Announcement
August 14, 2008 beginning at 9:00 a.m. BHP is holding a public hearing on the need to regulate the following Emerging Professions in Virginia:
- Central Services/Sterile Processing Technicians;
- Orthotists, Prosthetists, and Pedorthists; and
- Orthopaedic (Orthopedic) Technologists/Orthopaedic (Orthopedic) Techicians
For more information, click on the "Invitation
to Comment" link. Links are also provided for the "Emerging
Workplan;" "Criteria;"
and general descriptive information on each of the professions being reviewed:
Central Service/Sterile
Processing Technicians;
Orthotists, Prosthetists, and Pedorthists;
and
Orthopaedic Technicians
Please direct questions to the Board's e-mail bhp@dhp.virginia.gov.
Attention: dialysis patient care technician trainees, supervising registered nurses, and other interested parties, information on provisional practice for persons receiving training to become dialysis patient care technicians is available on the Board of Health Professions' webpage on the Laws and Regulations page.
Laws & Regulations
Keep in the know about important laws and regulations:
Laws & Regulations Governing Board of Health
Professions
Laws Governing All Health Professions
Guidance Documents
View and download the list of available guidance documents from the Virginia Board of Health Professions. These documents provide information or guidance to the public to interpret or implement statutes or the agency's rules or regulations.
Policy Reviews
Recent studies and reports are now available online. Click here to view studies from the Virginia Board of Health Professions
Board Members, Meetings and Minutes
View the current membership of the Board of Health Professions.
View the Calendar of upcoming Board meetings and minutes from past Board meetings.
Regulatory Town Hall
Be informed about the regulatory work of Virginia's Health Regulatory Boards. The Virginia Department of Planning & Budget has designed a Regulatory Town Hall for anyone interested in the proposal of regulations or meetings of regulatory boards.