CHAPTER 625
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2001.4 , 54.1-2901 , and 54.1-3001 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Veterans Services; Department of Health Professions; military medical personnel; program; work group; report.
[H 523]
Approved April 13, 2026
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 2.2-2001.4 , 54.1-2901 , and 54.1-3001 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-2001.4 . Military medical personnel; program.
A. For the purposes of this section , "military :
"Licensed practitioner" means a medical professional licensed by the Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing, or Board of Counseling.
"Military medical personnel" means an individual who has recently served as a medic in the United States Army, medical technician in the United States Air Force, medical personnel in the United States Space Force, or corpsman in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard and any other enlisted service member who successfully completed appropriate technical training and any required certifications and who was discharged or released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable.
B. The Department, in collaboration with the Department of Health Professions, shall establish a program in which military medical personnel may practice and perform certain delegated acts that constitute the practice of medicine or nursing in accordance with subsection B of § 54.1-2901 or subsection B of § 54.1-3001 . Such activities shall reflect the level of training and experience of the military medical personnel and shall be supervised by a licensed practitioner. Such supervision shall be limited to the licensed practitioner's existing scope of practice . The supervising physician or podiatrist licensed practitioner shall retain responsibility for the care of the patient.