Section 140. Administrative proceedings

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A. Except as provided for delegation of proceedings to an agency subordinate in 18VAC90-30-240, the Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine shall conduct all hearings prescribed herein and shall take action on behalf of the boards.

B. The nurse practitioner with prescriptive authority shall be subjective to the grounds for disciplinary action set forth in 18VAC90-30-220.

C. When the license of a nurse practitioner has been suspended or revoked by the joint boards, prescriptive authority shall be suspended pending a hearing simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing.

D. Any violation of law or of this chapter may result in disciplinary action including the revocation or suspension of prescriptive authority and may also result in additional sanctions imposed on the license of the nurse practitioner by the joint boards or upon the license of the registered nurse by the Board of Nursing.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR495-03-1 § 4.2, eff. August 15, 1992; amended, Volume 23, Issue 12, eff. March 21, 2007; Volume 25, Issue 05, eff. December 25, 2008.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.

                    
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