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However, the street address of facilities regulated by the Boards of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine shall be posted.B\n\nThe Department shall collect an official address of record from each health professional licensed, registered, or certified by a health regulatory board within the Department, to be used by the Department and relevant health regulatory boards for agency purposes, including workforce planning and emergency contact pursuant to &#xA7; 54.1-2506.1. Such official address of record shall otherwise remain confidential, shall not be provided to any private entity for resale to another private entity or to the public, and shall be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7; 2.2-3700 et seq.).C\n\nIn addition, the Department shall provide an opportunity for the health professional to provide a second address, for the purpose of public dissemination. Health professionals may choose to provide a work address, a post office box, or a home address as the public address. In collecting such public address information, the Department shall notify health professionals that this address may be publicly disclosed, and is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7; 2.2-3700 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, if a health professional does not provide a second address, his official address of record shall also be used as the public address for the purpose of public dissemination.D\n\nThe Department shall develop a procedure for health professionals to update their address information at regular intervals, and may charge a fee sufficient to cover the costs for such updates.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":232254,"text":"In order to protect the privacy and security of health professionals, the posting of addresses to the on-line licensure lookup or any successor in interest thereof shall only disclose the city or county provided to the Department and shall not include any street, rural delivery route, or post office address. However, the street address of facilities regulated by the Boards of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine shall be posted.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":232255,"text":"The Department shall collect an official address of record from each health professional licensed, registered, or certified by a health regulatory board within the Department, to be used by the Department and relevant health regulatory boards for agency purposes, including workforce planning and emergency contact pursuant to &#xA7; 54.1-2506.1. Such official address of record shall otherwise remain confidential, shall not be provided to any private entity for resale to another private entity or to the public, and shall be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7; 2.2-3700 et seq.).","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":232256,"text":"In addition, the Department shall provide an opportunity for the health professional to provide a second address, for the purpose of public dissemination. Health professionals may choose to provide a work address, a post office box, or a home address as the public address. In collecting such public address information, the Department shall notify health professionals that this address may be publicly disclosed, and is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7; 2.2-3700 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, if a health professional does not provide a second address, his official address of record shall also be used as the public address for the purpose of public dissemination.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":232257,"text":"The Department shall develop a procedure for health professionals to update their address information at regular intervals, and may charge a fee sufficient to cover the costs for such updates.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14778,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"24","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12758,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:51","permalink":{"id":241107,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14778,"identifier":"24","token":"54.1\/III\/24","url":"\/54.1\/III\/24\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12758,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12754,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":241105,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12758,"identifier":"III","token":"54.1\/III","url":"\/54.1\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12754,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations","identifier":"54.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239313,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12754,"identifier":"54.1","token":"54.1","url":"\/54.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65440,"structure_id":14778,"section_number":"54.1-2400","catch_line":"General powers and duties of health regulatory boards","url":"\/54.1-2400\/","token":"54.1\/III\/24\/54.1-2400","metadata":false},{"id":83001,"structure_id":14778,"section_number":"54.1-2400.01","catch_line":"Certain definition","url":"\/54.1-2400.01\/","token":"54.1\/III\/24\/54.1-2400.01","metadata":false},{"id":72970,"structure_id":14778,"section_number":"54.1-2400.01:1","catch_line":"Surgery defined; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0310\">310<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d 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 \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2009, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0687\">687<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"},{"id":78543,"section_number":"54.1-2506.1","catch_line":"Submission of required information","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2506.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":241125,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63751,"identifier":"54.1-2400.02","token":"54.1\/III\/24\/54.1-2400.02","url":"\/54.1-2400.02\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2400.02\/","token":"54.1\/III\/24\/54.1-2400.02","dublin_core":{"Title":"Information concerning health professionals; posting of addresses on the Internet; providing personal information under certain circumstances prohibited; collection of address information from health professionals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2400.02","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> In <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to protect the privacy and security of health professionals, the posting of addresses to the on-line licensure lookup or any successor in interest thereof shall only disclose the city or county provided to the Department and shall not include any street, rural delivery route, or post office address. However, the street address of facilities regulated by the Boards of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine shall be posted. <a id=\"paragraph-232254\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2400.02\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The Department shall collect an official address of record from each health professional licensed, registered, or certified by a health regulatory board within the Department, to be used by the Department and relevant health regulatory boards for agency purposes, including workforce planning and emergency contact pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Submission of required information\" href=\"\/54.1-2506.1\/\">54.1-2506.1<\/a>. Such official address of record shall otherwise remain confidential, shall not be provided to any private entity for resale to another private entity or to the public, and shall be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; policy\" href=\"\/2.2-3700\/\">2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.). <a id=\"paragraph-232255\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2400.02\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> In addition, the Department shall provide an opportunity for the health professional to provide a second address, for the purpose of public dissemination. Health professionals may choose to provide a work address, a post office box, or a home address as the public address. In collecting such public address information, the Department shall notify health professionals that this address may be publicly disclosed, and is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; policy\" href=\"\/2.2-3700\/\">2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, if a health professional does not provide a second address, his official address of record shall also be used as the public address for the purpose of public dissemination. <a id=\"paragraph-232256\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2400.02\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> The Department shall develop a procedure for health professionals to update their address information at regular intervals, and may charge a fee sufficient to cover the costs for such updates. <a id=\"paragraph-232257\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2400.02\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINFORMATION CONCERNING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; POSTING OF ADDRESSES ON THE\nINTERNET; PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES PROHIBITED;\nCOLLECTION OF ADDRESS INFORMATION FROM HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (\u00a7 54.1-2400.02)\n\nA. In order to protect the privacy and security of health professionals, the\nposting of addresses to the on-line licensure lookup or any successor in\ninterest thereof shall only disclose the city or county provided to the\nDepartment and shall not include any street, rural delivery route, or post\noffice address. However, the street address of facilities regulated by the\nBoards of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Veterinary\nMedicine shall be posted.\n\nB. The Department shall collect an official address of record from each health\nprofessional licensed, registered, or certified by a health regulatory board\nwithin the Department, to be used by the Department and relevant health\nregulatory boards for agency purposes, including workforce planning and\nemergency contact pursuant to &#xA7; 54.1-2506.1. Such official address of\nrecord shall otherwise remain confidential, shall not be provided to any private\nentity for resale to another private entity or to the public, and shall be\nexempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7; 2.2-3700 et\nseq.).\n\nC. In addition, the Department shall provide an opportunity for the health\nprofessional to provide a second address, for the purpose of public\ndissemination. Health professionals may choose to provide a work address, a post\noffice box, or a home address as the public address. In collecting such public\naddress information, the Department shall notify health professionals that this\naddress may be publicly disclosed, and is subject to the Freedom of Information\nAct (&#xA7; 2.2-3700 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B,\nif a health professional does not provide a second address, his official address\nof record shall also be used as the public address for the purpose of public\ndissemination.\n\nD. The Department shall develop a procedure for health professionals to update\ntheir address information at regular intervals, and may charge a fee sufficient\nto cover the costs for such updates.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 310; 2009, c. 687.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}