                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD (§ 54.1-3005)

In addition to the general powers and duties conferred in this title, the Board
shall have the following specific powers and duties:

1. To prescribe minimum standards and approve curricula for educational programs
preparing persons for licensure, certification, or registration under this
chapter;

2. To approve programs that meet the requirements of this chapter and of the
Board;

3. To provide consultation service for educational programs as requested;

4. To provide for periodic surveys of educational or training programs;

5. To deny or withdraw approval from educational or training programs for
failure to meet prescribed standards;

6. To provide consultation regarding nursing practice for institutions and
agencies as requested and investigate illegal nursing practices;

7. To keep a record of all its proceedings;

8. To certify and maintain a registry of all certified nurse aides and to
promulgate regulations consistent with federal law and regulation. The Board
shall require all schools to demonstrate their compliance with &#xA7;
54.1-3006.2 upon application for approval or reapproval, during an on-site
visit, or in response to a complaint or a report of noncompliance. The Board may
impose a fee pursuant to &#xA7; 54.1-2401 for any violation thereof. Such
regulations may include standards for the authority of licensed practical nurses
to teach nurse aides;

9. To maintain a registry of clinical nurse specialists and to promulgate
regulations governing clinical nurse specialists;

10. To license and maintain a registry of all licensed massage therapists and to
promulgate regulations governing the criteria for licensure as a massage
therapist and the standards of professional conduct for licensed massage
therapists;

11. To promulgate regulations for the delegation of certain nursing tasks and
procedures not involving assessment, evaluation or nursing judgment to an
appropriately trained unlicensed person by and under the supervision of a
registered nurse, who retains responsibility and accountability for such
delegation;

12. To develop and revise as may be necessary, in coordination with the Boards
of Medicine and Education, guidelines for the training of employees of a school
board in the administration of insulin and glucagon for the purpose of assisting
with routine insulin injections and providing emergency treatment for
life-threatening hypoglycemia. The first set of such guidelines shall be
finalized by September 1, 1999, and shall be made available to local school
boards for a fee not to exceed the costs of publication;

13. To enter into the Nurse Licensure Compact as set forth in this chapter and
to promulgate regulations for its implementation;

14. To collect, store and make available nursing workforce information regarding
the various categories of nurses certified, licensed or registered pursuant to
&#xA7; 54.1-3012.1;

15. To expedite application processing, to the extent possible, pursuant to
&#xA7; 54.1-119 for an applicant for licensure or certification by the Board
upon submission of evidence that the applicant, who is licensed or certified in
another state, is relocating to the Commonwealth pursuant to a spouse&#8217;s
official military orders;

16. To register medication aides and promulgate regulations governing the
criteria for such registration and standards of conduct for medication aides;

17. To approve training programs for medication aides to include requirements
for instructional personnel, curriculum, continuing education, and a competency
evaluation;

18. To set guidelines for the collection of data by all approved nursing
education programs and to compile this data in an annual report. The data shall
include but not be limited to enrollment, graduation rate, attrition rate, and
number of qualified applicants who are denied admission;

19. To develop, in consultation with the Board of Pharmacy, guidelines for the
training of employees of child day programs as defined in &#xA7; 22.1-289.02 and
regulated by the Board of Education in the administration of prescription drugs
as defined in the Drug Control Act (&#xA7; 54.1-3400 et seq.). Such training
programs shall be taught by a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, doctor
of medicine or osteopathic medicine, or pharmacist;

20. In order to protect the privacy and security of health professionals
licensed, registered or certified under this chapter, to promulgate regulations
permitting use on identification badges of first name and first letter only of
last name and appropriate title when practicing in hospital emergency
departments, in psychiatric and mental health units and programs, or in health
care facility units offering treatment for patients in custody of state or local
law-enforcement agencies;

21. To revise, as may be necessary, guidelines for seizure management, in
coordination with the Board of Medicine, including the list of rescue
medications for students with epilepsy and other seizure disorders in the public
schools. The revised guidelines shall be finalized and made available to the
Board of Education by August 1, 2010. The guidelines shall then be posted on the
Department of Education&#8217;s website; and

22. To promulgate, together with the Board of Medicine, regulations governing
the licensure of advanced practice registered nurses pursuant to &#xA7;
54.1-2957 and the licensure of licensed certified midwives pursuant to &#xA7;
54.1-2957.04.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 54-339, 54-343; 1970, c. 116; 1979, c. 5, § 54-367.11;
1982, c. 598; 1984, c. 734; 1988, c. 765; 1989, cc. 7, 278; 1990, c. 104; 1994,
c. 778; 1996, c. 166; 1998, c. 458; 1999, cc. 570, 637; 2000, cc. 587, 701;
2004, c. 49; 2005, cc. 54, 610, 924; 2006, cc. 190, 686; 2009, c. 687; 2010, c.
188; 2012, cc. 213, 803, 835; 2016, cc. 83, 324; 2017, c. 105; 2019, c. 287;
2020, cc. 860, 861; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 200, 201; 2022, c. 677; 2023, c. 183.