                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INFORMATION CONCERNING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; POSTING OF ADDRESSES ON THE
INTERNET; PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES PROHIBITED;
COLLECTION OF ADDRESS INFORMATION FROM HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (§ 54.1-2400.02)

A. 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.

B. 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.).

C. 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.

D. 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.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 310; 2009, c. 687.