VirginiaEmergency medical services personnel; requirements for personnel without commercial driver's license.
What it does
Emergency medical services personnel; requirements for personnel without commercial driver's license. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations pertaining to emergency medical services personnel the requirement that any emergency medical services personnel who administer patient care or who operate emergency medical services vehicles without a commercial driver's license comply with the provisions of federal law prohibiting the use of controlled substances by commercial driver's license holders. The bill also requires the State Health Commissioner, when issuing a license or permit to an emergency medical services agency, to require that any personnel of such agency who administer patient care or who operate emergency medical services vehicles without a commercial driver's license comply with the provisions of federal law prohibiting the use of controlled substances by commercial driver's license holders.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jan 29Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 23Senate subcommittee offered
- Jan 23Assigned Education sub: Health ProfessionsMinor
- Jan 15Rereferred from Transportation to Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Rereferred from Transportation. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB156)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on TransportationMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102741DIntroduced
- Jan 29Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)Latest