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§ 54.1-2957.02 When advanced practice registered nurse signature accepted

Whenever any law or regulation requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit or endorsement by a physician, it shall be deemed to include a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit or endorsement by an advanced practice registered nurse.

History

This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 855 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapter 183.

2004, c. 855; 2023, c. 183.

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