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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71090</law_id><section_number>32.1-134.2</section_number><catch_line>Clinical privileges for certain practitioners</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-134.3</reference><reference>32.1-134.4</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The grant or denial of clinical <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> to licensed podiatrists and certified nurse midwives licensed as advanced practice registered nurses pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licensure and practice of advanced practice registered nurses; certified nurse midwives; independent practice of certified nurse midwives" href="/54.1-2957/">54.1-2957</a> by any <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> licensed in this Commonwealth, and the determination by the <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> of the scope of such <span class="dictionary">privileges</span>, shall be based upon such practitioner&#x2019;s professional license, experience, competence, ability, and <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, and the reasonable objectives and regulations of the <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> in which such <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> are sought.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-301.1; 1979, c. 40; 1992, c. 452; 2023, c. 183.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
