CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUMMARY ACTION AGAINST LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS, OR MULTISTATE
LICENSURE PRIVILEGE; ALLEGATIONS TO BE IN WRITING (§ 54.1-2408.1)

A. Any health regulatory board may suspend the license, certificate,
registration, permit, or multistate licensure privilege of any person holding a
license, certificate, registration, permit, or licensure privilege issued by it
without a hearing simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a
hearing, if the relevant board finds that there is a substantial danger to the
public health or safety which warrants this action. A board may meet by
telephone conference call when summarily suspending a license, certificate,
registration, permit, or licensure privilege if a good faith effort to assemble
a quorum of the board has failed and, in the judgment of a majority of the
members of the board, the continued practice by the individual constitutes a
substantial danger to the public health or safety. Institution of proceedings
for a hearing shall be provided simultaneously with the summary suspension. The
hearing shall be scheduled within a reasonable time of the date of the summary
suspension.

B. Any health regulatory board may restrict the license, certificate,
registration, permit, or multistate licensure privilege of any person holding a
license, certificate, registration, permit, or licensure privilege issued by it
without proceeding simultaneously with notification of an informal conference
pursuant to §§ 2.2-4019 and 54.1-2400, if the relevant board finds that there
is a substantial danger to the public health or safety that warrants this
action. A board may meet by telephone conference call when summarily restricting
a license, certificate, registration, permit, or licensure privilege if a good
faith effort to assemble a quorum of the board has failed and, in the judgment
of a majority of the members of the board, the continued practice by the
individual constitutes a substantial danger to the public health or safety. The
informal conference shall be scheduled within a reasonable time of the date of
the summary restriction.

C. Allegations of violations of this title shall be made in writing to the
relevant health regulatory board.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 556; 2004, c. 49; 2007, c. 22; 2013, c. 765.