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| 1 | 1 | 2025 SESSION | |
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| 3 | + | ENROLLED | |
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| 5 | + | VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER | |
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| 7 | + | An Act to direct the Board of Medicine to require certain licensees to complete training on unconscious bias and cultural competency as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure. | |
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| 9 | + | [H 1649] | |
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| 11 | - | (Proposed by the Governor | |
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| 13 | - | on March 24, 2025) | |
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| 15 | - | (Patron Prior to SubstituteDelegate Hayes) | |
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| 17 | - | A BILL to direct the Board of Medicine to require certain licensees to complete training on health care during pregnancy and the postpartum period, including training that addresses populations experiencing greater than average maternal mortality, postpartum complications, and infant mortality. | |
| 11 | + | Approved | |
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| 19 | 13 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: | |
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| 21 | - | 1. 1. That the Board of Medicine (the Board) shall require that persons licensed by the Board who work with maternal populations, including persons who work in fertility care, prenatal care, birth care, and postpartum care, complete two hours of continuing learning activities that address health care during pregnancy and the postpartum period for all women and infants, especially those populations that data indicate experience significantly greater than average maternal mortality, postpartum complications, and infant mortality. The Board shall work with the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative to ensure that evidence-based learning and training resources are readily available to practitioners. Licensees subject to this requirement shall take such training by the later of one year following obtaining such license or July 1, 2026. Licensees shall attest to obtaining such training using a form provided by the Board. | |
| 15 | + | 1. 1. That the Board of Medicine (the Board) shall, pursuant to its authority under 54.1-2928.3 of the Code of Virginia, require that persons licensed by the Board complete continuing learning activities on the topics of unconscious bias and cultural competency. The Board shall promulgate regulations requiring that the continuing education requirements for renewal of an active license shall include completion of unconscious bias and cultural competency training. The Board shall designate organizations that identify and facilitate an evidence-based curriculum to comply with this legislation. Such unconscious bias and cultural competency training shall be required for every license renewal period for licensees of the Board. | |
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| 17 | + | 2. That the first unconscious bias and cultural competency training required pursuant to 1 of this act shall be comprehensive and cover how unconscious racial bias affects care during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Subsequent unconscious bias and cultural competency training shall provide relevant practice-related content as determined by the Board. The Board shall update the training as it identifies additional needs. | |
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| 19 | + | 3. That the Board shall report the number of licensees who have successfully completed such training to the Department of Health and the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative to be included in their annual reports. The Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative shall, for licensees who provide fertility care, prenatal care, birth care, and postpartum care, evaluate the impact of such training, develop a method for assessment of its effectiveness, and make recommendations for training improvements. |