States / Virginia / HB 156

HB 156 Enacted

Electronic death reg. system; requiring certain applicants for licensure to complete training.

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Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; licensure renewal; electronic death registration system; death certificates. Requires the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to amend their applications for licensure and licensure renewal to require doctors of medicine and osteopathic medicine, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to indicate if they expect their scope of practice to include signing death certificates and, if so, to indicate that they have completed the online tutorial for the Electronic Death Registration System on the Department of Health website. This bill is identical to SB 194.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 6, 2026
Last action
Mar 31, 2026 — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)
Session
2026
Momentum
86 · Very high