June 2022

  • Licensure changes coming July 1

    Requirements for autonomous practice licensure are reverting to the 5-year experience requirement on July 1. Piedmont Region members Brooke Bailey and Kathryn Reid discuss the benefits of autonomous practice licensure and urge NPs to apply before regulations change in this UVAToday article.

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  • Monkeypox Update: Dr. Colin Green, State Health Commissioner

    Below is a button to a letter from Dr. Colin Greene, Virginia State Health Commissioner, which was distributed to practitioners across the Commonwealth as well as to several state medical associations and organizations.  This information is also available on the VDH Resources for Health Care Professionals web page.

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  • Attention VCNP Tidewater Region – Del. Price Town Hall

    Delegate Price’s Upcoming Town Hall Friends,I wanted to make sure you had seen the updated information for my upcoming town hall. We will be hosting the meeting both in person and virtually.   It will be held on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at 6:30 pm, where we will discuss what happened during the Regular and Special…

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  • Autonomous Practice Licensure – Application Changes starting July 1, 2022

    During the 2021 Virginia General Assembly, HB 1737 passed and reduced from five to two the number of years of full-time clinical experience a nurse practitioner must have to be eligible to practice without a written or electronic practice agreement. This legislation has a “sunset” clause and will expire in June 2022. All NPs with…

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  • Noteworthy NPs

    Congratulations to these VCNP members on their recent accomplishments! Tidewater Region member Deborah Gray was selected from over 200 previous U.S. Fulbright faculty scholars and researchers who applied to serve as a U.S. Fulbright Alumni Ambassador. Dr. Gray served as a Fulbright Scholar in 2018 and worked with the University of Botswana and the World…

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