Minutes of the Virginia Board of Medicine,

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Background

Scope and content:

Minutes, 1884-2019, include official minutes and related attachments documenting the meetings, activities, discussions and policy decisions and recommendations of the Virginia Board of Medicine. Includes minutes for standing committees and other groups (Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Legislative/Regulatory Committee, Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine, Credentials Committee, Committee on Certification of Clinical Psychologists), and other groups (Ad Hoc Committee on HIV; Ad Hoc Committee on Buprenorphine (2016-2017), Ad Hoc Committee on Ethics (2003), Advisory Committee on Certification of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons), as well as records related to informal conferences, telephone conferences, and formal hearings. Attachments may include agendas, aggreements, articles, bylaws, correspondence, draft minutes, financial statements, legislation, licensure lists, memoranda of understanding, policies, procedures, public hearing comments, presentations, publications, regulations/regulatory reviews, reports, resolutions, revenue reports, studies and workshop materials.

May also contain minutes and related attachments for Advisory Boards for Accupuncture, Athletic Training, Behavioral Analysts, Chiropractors, Genetic Counseling, Health Correctional Assistants, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistants, Polysomnography Technology, Radiological Technology, Rehabilitation Providers, Respiratory Therapy and Sexual Offender Treatment Providers.

Biographical / historical:

Regulation of the health professions began late in the nineteenth century. On January 31, 1884, the General Assembly passed an act creating the Board of Medical Examiners to certify physicians for practice in Virginia. In 1973 the name was changed to the Board of Medicine.

The Dept. of Health Regulatory Boards was created by an act passed by the General Assembly on March 31, 1977, to provide administrative services to the health regulatory boards of the state. The boards continue to regulate their professions through the examination, licensing, and disciplining of the practitioners of health science. In 1986, the Dept. of Health Regulatory Boards became the Dept. of Health Professions. Its mission is to enhance the delivery of safe and competent health care by licensing qualified health care professionals, enforcing standards of practice, and providing information to both practitioners and consumers of health care services.

Acquisition information:

Accession 22731 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 07/21/1947.

Accession 44820 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 02/23/2010.

Accession 45474 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 04/07/2011.

Accession 51024 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 09/13/2013.

Accession 53923 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 06/21/2023.

Accession 54012 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 10/23/2023.

Physical description:
16.95 cu. ft., and 4 v.