Minutes of the Virginia Board of Nursing, 1903/2023

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, 1903-2020, include official minutes and related attachments documenting the meetings, activities, discussions, policy decisions and recommendations of the Virginia Board of Nursing. Includes minutes for the full board, business meetings, officer meetings, standing committees and other groups, as well as records related to informal conference committees, special conference committees, telephone conferences, and formal hearings. This series also contains board meeting packets that may include agendas, articles, bylaws, correspondence, draft minutes, examination statistics, Executive Director reports, guidelines, legislation, presentations, regulations, reports, revenue and expenditure summaries, statistical reports, studies, surveys, town hall/public hearing comments and tracking logs.

Also includes minutes for the following: Agency Subordinate Informal Conferences, Advisory Committee on Delegation Regulation (1998), Advisory Committee to Develop Guidelines for Training Public School Employees in the Administration of Insulin (1999), Bylaws Committee, Certified Midwife Regulatory Workgroup (2022 Mar), Committee for the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine, Committee on Continued Competence (1998), CORE Committee, Discipline Committee, Education Advisory Committee, Education Special Conference Committee, Massage Therapy Advisory Board, Nominations Committee, Nurse Aide Curriculum Committee, Nursing Practice Advisory Committee, PICC Line Insertion and Removal Committee, Regulations Committee, RMA Curriculum Committee (2022 Apr), as well as others.

Biographical / historical:

The Board of Examiners of Graduate Nurses was created by an act of Assembly May 1, 1903 to regulate the professional nursing of the sick in Virginia. The Board examined applicants, issued licenses and held the power to revoke licenses. At some point the name of the Board was changed to the Board of Examiners of Nurses. An act of Assembly dated March 17, 1970 created the Board of Nursing and repealed the chapter of the Code authorizing the Board of Examiners of Nurses. The new board has similar responsibilites, also including the accreditation of nursing curricula and promulgation of regulations.

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 30215 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 1978 Sept 7.

Accession 35976 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 1998 Sept 1.

Accession 44827 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2010 Feb 23.

Accession 45475 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2011 Apr 7.

Accession 50099 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2011 Sept 2.

Accession 51027 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2013 Sept 18.

Accession 52644 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2019 Feb 21.

Accession 52676 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2019 Apr 1.

Accession 53924 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2023 June 21.

Accession 54119 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2014 Feb 5.

Accession 54714 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2026 Feb 11.

Physical description:
13.5 cu. ft. (33 boxes), 22 v., and 170 mb