Minutes of the Virginia Board of Nursing,

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
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Preferred citation:

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Nursing, [cite specific dates and accession used]. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Virginia. Dept. of Health Professions.
Preferred citation:

Minutes of the Virginia Board of Nursing, [cite specific dates and accession used]. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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.

Includes original, signed and bound minutes, 1903-1980.

Minutes, 1903-1916. Rough minutes, 1903-1910, and printed, signed minutes, 1911-1916. Also includes Act to regulate the professional nursing of the sick in the state of Virginia, 1903 May 14; Report of the Delegate to the American Federation of Nurses, 1905 May 3; List of nurses who registered for the nurse examination, 1907 Dec.; and Report of Delegate from the Virginia State Board to the Meeting of the National Alumnae Association held in Minneapolis, MN, 1909 June 10-11;

Includes original, signed minutes, 1981-1992, in binders.

Includes original, signed minutes, 1990-2005. Full Board and hearings minutes were bound separately from Informal Conference Committee and Special Conference Committee minutes. Full Board minutes may include Education Special Conference Committee minutes and Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine minutes. Minutes, 1990-1992, Informal Conference Committee and Special Conference Committee only. Also includes Advisory and Special Committee minutes, 1975-2005 (Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine, Education Special Conference Committee, and others). Minutes were transferred unbound and have been foldered.

Minutes, 2006, for the Full Board (also includes telephone conference calls and formal hearings), Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine, Education Special Conference Committee, and Informal Conference/Special Conference Committees. Includes final, approved minutes, though not all include signatures.

Minutes, 2008, for the Full Board (also includes telephone conference calls and formal hearings), Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine, Education Special Conference Committee, and Informal Conference Committees. Includes final, approved minutes with signatures.

Minutes, 2003-2005, 2008, for the Full Board (which may also include Education Special Conference Committee, Nominations Committee, Nurse Practice Committee, formal hearing, informal conference, special conference, telephone conference minutes held during board week), Bylaws Committee, Committee of the Joint Board of Nursing and Medicine, Legislative Committee, Massage Therapy Advisory Board, Special Conference Committee for Regulation Review, and Task Force for Regulation of Medication Aides. Includes final, approved minutes without signatures, as well as draft, unapproved minutes. Full board minutes also include meeting packet attachments, including agendas, articles, revenue and expenditure summaries, correspondence, guidance documents, legislation, presentations, public hearing comments, regulations, and reports. Minutes, 2008, were foldered by month and include all types of board and committee minutes; original foldering and order has been maintained.

Minutes, 2009, for the Full Board (which may also include education committee, formal hearing, informal conference, special conference, telephone conference minutes held during board week), Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine, Education Special Conference Committee, Formal Hearings, Informal Conference Committees, Special Conference Committees, and Telephone Conference calls. Includes final, approved minutes without signatures, as well as some draft, unapproved minutes. Full board minutes may also include attachments, including revenue and expenditure summaries, correspondence, legislation, presentations, regulations, and reports.

Board meeting packets, 2016-2020. Includes full board minutes, agency subordinate informal conference minutes and special conference committee minutes. Also includes minutes for the Bylaws Committee, Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicince, Education Informal Conference Committee, Massage Therapy Advisory Board, Nurse Aide Curriculum Stakeholders Committee, and the PICC Line Insertion and Removal Committee.

Board minutes and meeting packets, 2021 (copies). Includes full board minutes, agency subordinate informal conference minutes and special conference committee minutes. Also includes minutes for the Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicince, Education Informal Conference Committee, Massage Therapy Advisory Board, and the Medication Aide Curriculum Committee.

Board minutes and board meeting packets, 2022-2023, are in electronic format (170 mb, 579 files, 26 folders; format: pdf). Includes agendas, minutes and draft mintues, and related attachments. For file inventory for this accession, see: Inventory (54713).

Includes minutes for the Certified Midwife Regulatory Workgroup (2022 Mar), and the RMA Curriculum Committee (2022 Apr), These minutes also include a variety of reports and draft reports including: Commission on Human Trafficking Prevention and Survivor Support - Final Report, 2023; Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine Report to the General Assembly, 2023; Virginia's Certified Nurse Aide Workforce: 2021; Virginia's Licensed Practical Nurse Workforce: 2021; Virginia's Licensed Nurse Practitioner Workforce: 2021 and 2022; Virginia's Licensed Nurse Practitioner Workforce: Comparison by Specialty, 2021 and 2022; Virginia's Nursing Education Programs: 2021-2022 Academic Year; Virginia's Proprietary Registered Nursing Education Programs: 2019-2020 Academic Year; Virginia's Registered Nurse Workforce: 2021. These reports are found as attachement to Business Meeting agendas, Officer Meeting agendas and Massage Therapy Advisory Board agendas.

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.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

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