Section 30. Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine

A. The presidents of the Boards of Nursing and Medicine respectively shall each appoint three members from their boards to the Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine; at least one of the appointees from the Board of Nursing shall be a licensed nurse practitioner. The purpose of this committee shall be to administer the Regulations Governing the Licensure of Nurse Practitioners, 18VAC90-30-10 et seq.

B. The committee, in its discretion, may appoint an advisory committee. Such an advisory committee shall be comprised of four licensed physicians and four licensed nurse practitioners, of whom one shall be a certified nurse midwife, one shall be a certified registered nurse anesthetist and two shall be nurse practitioners from other categories. Appointment to the advisory committee shall be for four years; members may be appointed for one additional four-year period.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR495-02-1 and VR465-07-1 § 1.3, eff. June 22, 1989; amended, Volume 15, Issue 07, eff. January 20, 1999; Volume 25, Issue 05, eff. December 25, 2008.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.