Virginia Department of Health Professions

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Message from the Director
As Director of the Department of Health Professions (DHP), I am pleased to introduce on behalf of the Commonwealths’ 13 health regulatory boards and the Board of Health Professions, this brief synopsis on the work of the boards to license and regulate Virginia’s 350,000 healthcare practitioners across 80 professions. Each board works "To ensure safe and competent patient care by licensing health professionals, enforcing standards of practice, and providing information to health care practitioners and the public." Thank you Dianne L. Reynolds-Cane, M.D.

Message from the Director

As Director of the Department of Health Professions (DHP), I am pleased to introduce on behalf of the Commonwealths’ 13 health regulatory boards and the Board of Health Professions, this brief synopsis on the work of the boards to license and regulate Virginia’s 350,000 healthcare practitioners across 80 professions. Each board works "To ensure safe and competent patient care by licensing health professionals, enforcing standards of practice, and providing information to health care practitioners and the public."

Thank you
Dianne L. Reynolds-Cane, M.D.

News
Virginia Board of Nursing Honored with National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) 2011 Regulatory Award for Excellence Each year, this top honor acknowledges the member board that made an identifiable, significant contribution to the work of NCSBN to promote public policy to advance the safe and effective practice of nursing in the interest of public welfare. Read the full story. Data a Vital First Step in Projecting Nurse Workforce Capacity Institute of Medicine (IOM) findings are representative of the continued need for improved data collection on the health care workforce. Continue reading Virginia Healthcare Workforce Data Center Reports Supply of Medical Doctors Outpaced by Demand Through 2030. Read More...

News

Virginia Board of Nursing Honored with National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) 2011 Regulatory Award for Excellence
Each year, this top honor acknowledges the member board that made an identifiable, significant contribution to the work of NCSBN to promote public policy to advance the safe and effective practice of nursing in the interest of public welfare. Read the full story.

Data a Vital First Step in Projecting Nurse Workforce Capacity
Institute of Medicine (IOM) findings are representative of the continued need for improved data collection on the health care workforce. Continue reading

Virginia Healthcare Workforce Data Center Reports Supply of Medical Doctors Outpaced by Demand Through 2030. Read More...

Other Citizen Services
Disaster Preparedness You as a citizen can better prepare for a disaster by clicking on the below links: Ready Virginia Virginia Department of Health Licensing in Other States Commonwealth Calendar Regulatory Town Hall Legislative Services Own Your Future: Virginia's Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign More state resources...

Other Citizen Services

Disaster Preparedness
You as a citizen can better prepare for a disaster by clicking on the below links:
Ready Virginia
Virginia Department of Health

Licensing in Other States

Commonwealth Calendar

Regulatory Town Hall

Legislative Services

Own Your Future: Virginia's Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign

More state resources...

Mission Statement

Our mission is to ensure safe and competent patient care by licensing health professionals, enforcing standards of practice, and providing information to health care practitioners and the public.

Health Regulatory Boards
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology	Nursing
Counseling	Optometry
Dentistry	Pharmacy
Funeral Directors & Embalmers	Physical Therapy
Health Professions	Psychology
Long-Term Care Administrators	Social Work
Medicine	Veterinary Medicine

Announcements

Nursing Education Survey

Department of Health Professions Healthcare Workforce Data Center Releases a Profile Of Virginia Nursing Education Programs.
2010 Annual Survey of Practical And Registered Nurse Education Programs Shows A 6.1 Percent Increase In Graduates.

Death Certification

Virginia Department of Health training on Death Certification.

Public Health Information

Important Public Health Information from the Department of Health

2011 National Nurses Week

In observance of the 2011 National Nurses Week activities, the Board of Nursing (BON) launched a new online licensure application process for Registered Nurses (RN) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN). Read the press release.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

As of August 1, 2010, DHP no longer accepts cash payments or foreign checks.

Only the following payment methods are accepted:

Personal/Business Checks
Cashier’s/Certified Checks
Money Orders

No cash, credit/debit cards, or foreign checks are accepted at DHP’s central office.

DHP offers online and mail-in payment options. For online options click the following links:
Online Renewals | Online Applications

More announcements...

DHP Performs

The Department’s most important priority is to ensure that citizens receive safe and competent healthcare. We have achieved a dramatic improvement in how long it takes to resolve disciplinary cases without sacrificing public safety. Click here, or the chart below, to get the complete story.

DHP exceeds its goal by closing 95% of disciplinary cases within 250 working days...

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