Department of Health Professions
Board of Medicine
Regulations Governing the Practice of Physician Assistants
[18 VAC 85 ‑ 50]
Public Petition for Rulemaking: Petition to remove requirement to include patient care team physician's name on prescriptions for Schedule II-V drugs
CLOSED Opened on 6/5/2023 and Ended on 7/5/2023
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186 comments
| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| I agree with removal | Ashlee L. | 7/5/23 10:54 pm |
| Agree with removal | Casey Vinett AGPCNP-C | 7/5/23 10:53 pm |
| Agree with removal, unnecessary | Casey Howell, FNP-C | 7/5/23 10:37 pm |
| Agree with removal | Jamie Van Ness RN | 7/5/23 10:05 pm |
| practice expansion! | Rejahn Rogers, NNP-BC | 7/5/23 8:17 pm |
| agree with removal! | Anonymous (217762) | 7/5/23 8:16 pm |
| Agree with removal | Jennifer Herdman, FNP-BC | 7/5/23 8:09 pm |
| Agree with Removal | Payal Kakadiya | 7/5/23 5:54 pm |
| support for prescription authority | UVa | 7/5/23 5:38 pm |
| PA Practice | Irum Ziauddin, DMSc, PA-C | 7/5/23 5:27 pm |
| Requirement for a Physician's Name Should be Removed | Kristin Cheatham, NNP UVA Hospital | 7/5/23 4:56 pm |
| Provision to remove supervising physician on scheduled drug prescriptions | John B Gillum | 7/5/23 3:37 pm |
| Agree with removal | Jennifer Choffel, MSN, ACNPC-AG, PCCN, UVA Health | 7/5/23 3:19 pm |
| I agree with removal of this outdated rule | Marie Thomas | 7/5/23 3:13 pm |
| in support of this petition | Anonymous (217739) | 7/5/23 3:11 pm |
| Support proposed removal of physician name for scheduled medication | Melody Irby, PA-C | 7/5/23 2:46 pm |
| Removal of team physician’s name from prescriptions written by physician assistants | Francis James Kelleher, P.A.-C. | 7/5/23 1:26 pm |
| Petition | Denise Melissa Brooks PA-C | 7/5/23 1:02 pm |
| Petition to remove requirement to include patient care team physician's name on prescriptions for S | Ayni A Sharif | 7/5/23 12:47 pm |
| prescription practices | Bridget Moss | 7/5/23 12:43 pm |
| Agree with removal | Jacquelin Smith PA-C | 7/5/23 12:39 pm |
| Delays in Patient Care | Courtney A. Corboy, PA-C | 7/5/23 11:38 am |
| Agree with removal | Isabel Burgess, PA-C (UVA Health) | 7/5/23 11:37 am |
| Please remove/ unnecessary. | Pamela Tetro FNP-C, CDCES, PMHNP- candidate | 7/5/23 10:09 am |
| petition | Anonymous (217710) | 7/5/23 8:42 am |
| Outdated Rule | Samuel Beishline, PA-C | 7/5/23 7:47 am |
| PA’s can write! | Xavier D Lennon | 7/4/23 2:32 pm |
| Agree with removal | Anonymous (217685) | 7/4/23 1:03 pm |
| Agree with the removal...it can be a barrier to care for the patients we serve. | Joelle Kidder, PA-C | 7/4/23 11:03 am |
| Support proposed change | Kimberly Sapre, DMSc, PA-C, CAQ-EM, DFAAPA | 7/4/23 8:32 am |
| Petition to remove requirement to include patient care team physician's name on prescriptions | Matthew Robertson, MSN, ACNP-BC | 7/4/23 6:23 am |
| Agree with removal | Lara Myers | 7/4/23 6:07 am |
| Agree with removal | Allison Kirkner, ACNP-BC; UVA Health | 7/4/23 12:56 am |
| Petition to remove requirement to include patient care team physician's name on prescriptions for S | Carolyn Driscoll PhD FNP-C | 7/3/23 6:39 pm |
| removal of requirement | UVa | 7/3/23 6:34 pm |
| Agree with removal | Sarah Lepore, UVA Children's | 7/3/23 4:42 pm |
| Agree with removal | John G Rogers, Jr | 7/3/23 2:57 pm |
| NP Supports Change in Regulation for PA Colleagues | Susan C. Herndon NP-C, AOCNP | 7/3/23 2:30 pm |
| Agree with removal | Anonymous (217661) | 7/3/23 1:56 pm |
| Agree with removal | GM Pugh, PA-C | 7/3/23 1:39 pm |
| Petition to remove requirement to include patient care team physician's name on prescriptions for S | Heather Passerini | 7/3/23 1:38 pm |
| Agree with removal | Jessica Kassay-McAllister, DNP, UVA HEALTH | 7/3/23 1:06 pm |
| Petition | Jenna Campo | 7/3/23 1:05 pm |
| remove requirement | James Shorten M.S PA-C | 7/3/23 1:03 pm |
| Agree with removing this requirement | Rachel Chai, PA-C (UVA) | 7/3/23 12:57 pm |
| I agree with removal of this requirement | Emily West | 7/3/23 12:57 pm |
| Agree with removal of this requirement. | Johnnie Carrico APRN FNP-BC | 7/3/23 12:52 pm |
| Agreed with removal | Tammy Tedsen, MSN, APRN, ACNPC-AG | 7/3/23 12:51 pm |
| Update required. Agree with removal. | Corrie Carter | 7/3/23 12:46 pm |
| Remove requirement for physician name | Emily Stubbs, UVA | 7/3/23 12:45 pm |
| Agree with requirement removal | Caleb Booth PA-C | 7/3/23 12:44 pm |
| Agree with Removal | Katherine Shook | 7/3/23 12:38 pm |
| Agree with removal of unnecessary requirement | Alana Harrison, ARNP-BC | 7/3/23 12:38 pm |
| DEA | Anonymous (217644) | 7/3/23 12:36 pm |
| Agree with removal | Tuyetanh Eichholz, PA-C | 7/3/23 12:33 pm |
| Agree with removal | Stephanie Good, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C | 7/3/23 12:33 pm |
| Remove requirement | Kimberly Gahring | 7/3/23 12:33 pm |
| Agree | Christina Taylor, NP | 7/3/23 12:32 pm |
| Update required. Benefit of requiring MD name? | Ruth Fogelgren | 7/3/23 12:32 pm |
| Remove physician name requirment | Lauren Huck | 7/3/23 12:31 pm |
| Agree with requirement removal. | William Lombardi, DNP, AG-ACNP-BC | 7/3/23 12:24 pm |
| Update Needed | Mike Petrikonis | 7/3/23 9:41 am |
| Outdated Requirement | Joshua Wilson PA-C | 7/3/23 7:39 am |
| Agree with removal | Timothy Johnson, MD | 7/2/23 10:34 pm |
| Petition to remove requirement patient care team physician's name on prescriptions | Ryan M Cannon | 7/2/23 7:53 pm |
| Agree | Rebecca Snell | 7/2/23 3:49 pm |
| Petition | Bradley Wagner | 7/1/23 8:35 pm |
| Agree | Madison Mayle PA-S | 7/1/23 4:07 pm |
| Agree with removal | Kumar | 7/1/23 1:20 pm |
| Remove barrier to patient care and medication access | Kristyn Rudisill, PA-C | 7/1/23 9:55 am |
| Removal | Alice Ann Howard, PA-C | 7/1/23 9:14 am |
| Agree with removal of requirement | Heather Goldston AGACNP-BC | 6/30/23 11:13 pm |
| Agree | Dr. Michele Donoghue DEM, ENP-C, FNP-C, MSN, RNC | 6/30/23 6:56 pm |
| agree | Jordan Watkins PA-C | 6/30/23 4:51 pm |
| Pa scripts supervision | William Fluker PAc centra | 6/30/23 3:40 pm |
| Remove requirement | Anonymous (217601) | 6/30/23 3:10 pm |
| I agree with the removal of this requirement | Amber Balzer | 6/30/23 1:31 pm |
| Agree | Kendalyn Felts, DMSc, PA-C | 6/30/23 12:58 pm |
| I agree with the removal of this requirement | Stephanie Padilla, DMSc, PA-C | 6/30/23 12:35 pm |
| I agree | James Marcouillier | 6/30/23 12:18 pm |
| PA Prescriptive Authority | Dr. Amy Johnson, DNP, FNP-C | 6/30/23 11:35 am |
| Delay in patient care | Tracey Watts, PMHNP; Centra Health | 6/30/23 10:09 am |
| I agree | Chamberlin | 6/30/23 10:01 am |
| Agree with removal | Brenna McCarty, NP | 6/30/23 9:34 am |
| Agree | Anonymous (217585) | 6/30/23 9:20 am |
| I agree with the removal of this requirement | mark watson | 6/30/23 9:03 am |
| PA Petition | James Leake | 6/30/23 8:31 am |
| Petition | Colin Malcolm | 6/30/23 8:31 am |
| Agree to Amendment of 18VAC85-50-160(A) | Spencer Pollok, PA-C | 6/30/23 8:30 am |
| remove the requirement for co-signature on scheduled prescriptions | Stephanie Porter | 6/30/23 8:27 am |
| Agree | Dana Wilkinson, PA-C | 6/30/23 8:27 am |
| Agree with petition to remove requirement. | Lindsey Dummeldinger, PA-C | 6/30/23 8:24 am |
| I agree with removing this, it limits the practice of advanced practice providers | Blakley Sproles DMSc, MPAM, PA-C | 6/30/23 8:23 am |
| Amendment | Meredith | 6/30/23 8:22 am |
| I agree with the removal of this requirement | Liz Melcher, FNP-BC | 6/30/23 8:22 am |
| Barrier to patient care | Morgan McDowell DNP WHNP Centra Health | 6/30/23 8:14 am |
| Agree | Tessa Heinz, PA-C | 6/30/23 8:12 am |
| Petition | Jaclyn Dalton | 6/30/23 8:07 am |
| Agree with petition | Jennifer Beckman, PA-C | 6/30/23 5:33 am |
| Agree | Courtney Kumar, NP | 6/29/23 10:07 pm |
| I agree with removal | Therese Podgorski | 6/29/23 7:30 pm |
| Agree | Justin Latimer | 6/29/23 4:24 pm |
| Schedule II-V drugs petition | Areej Syed | 6/29/23 4:16 pm |
| I agree with removal, and support petition | Paul Franklin | 6/29/23 4:10 pm |
| support | Aubrey Stoll | 6/29/23 2:33 pm |
| Support | Veronica Nolden | 6/29/23 2:14 pm |
| Petition governing practice for Physician Assistants | MADISON JOHNSON, PA-C | 6/29/23 12:55 pm |
| I AGREE WITH REMOVAL | MJ | 6/29/23 12:54 pm |
| suport | Anonymous (217550) | 6/29/23 12:42 pm |
| I agree | Robert DeGrazia, VCU | 6/29/23 12:42 pm |
| Petition governing practice for Physician Assistants | Kristen Bardaro | 6/29/23 12:26 pm |
| Agree with removal | Jamie Jennette, NP | 6/29/23 11:31 am |
| In-agreement | Katelyn Hellman, DNP FNP-c | 6/29/23 9:30 am |
| Agree with removal | Tara Thompson, NP | 6/29/23 9:05 am |
| Agree with removing this, it limits the practice of competent providers. | Christina Perry, PA-C | 6/29/23 8:58 am |
| I support | Casey Cable, MD | 6/29/23 8:28 am |
| Agree | Eziafa Oduah | 6/29/23 8:22 am |
| I agree | Hospitalist | 6/29/23 8:01 am |
| I agree | David Goldberg | 6/29/23 8:00 am |
| Agree with removal | Catherine Marcelo, MD | 6/29/23 7:59 am |
| Agree with removal | Stephen Biederman | 6/29/23 7:31 am |
| Remove | Jeremy Welsh DHSc, JD, PA-C | 6/29/23 7:17 am |
| Agree with removal | Carolyn Marcelo, MD | 6/29/23 7:12 am |
| Please remove this unnecessary burden to patient care | Alecia Battle, NP | 6/29/23 7:08 am |
| Agree with removal | Leslie Teets Moses, MD | 6/29/23 4:37 am |
| Agree - remove. | Kelly Botta | 6/28/23 10:47 pm |
| Agree with removal | Gopika Suraj, MD | 6/28/23 9:57 pm |
| Agree | Rebecca Agbayani, PA-C | 6/28/23 9:30 pm |
| Agree with amendment | Carolyn Chapon, PA-C | 6/28/23 9:15 pm |
| Agree with removal | Stanley Liu, MD | 6/28/23 8:22 pm |
| Agree to remove | Steve Young, PA-C | 6/28/23 8:16 pm |
| Agree with removal. | Jenna Rolfs, DMSc, PA-C | 6/28/23 7:27 pm |
| Agree with removal | Christopher Allen | 6/28/23 7:02 pm |
| Agree with removal | Laura Paletta-Hobbs, MD | 6/28/23 6:49 pm |
| This is a common sense update | Evan Turnbull, MPAS, PA-C, UVA Health | 6/28/23 6:18 pm |
| Amend requirement | Anonymous (217503) | 6/28/23 5:20 pm |
| I agree with removal | Olushola Ilogho | 6/28/23 3:05 pm |
| I support Removal | Meredith Dhillon PA-C | 6/28/23 2:41 pm |
| Barrier to patient care | Monica Cooper, PA | 6/28/23 2:33 pm |
| Agree with removal | Erin MacMillan | 6/28/23 2:23 pm |
| Agree with removal | B Casey PA-C | 6/28/23 2:15 pm |
| Agree with Removal | Lesley Coots | 6/28/23 1:55 pm |
| Agree with removal | Evan Ritter, MD | 6/28/23 12:30 pm |
| Agree with removal | Erin Poston PA-C | 6/28/23 7:48 am |
| Agree w/ Removal | Katherine Vita | 6/27/23 6:22 pm |
| Agree with removal | Erin Bigelow, PA-C | 6/27/23 5:51 pm |
| Signature | Tiffany Thompson, DMSc, PA-C | 6/27/23 5:18 pm |
| Signature | Amanda Osei PA-C | 6/27/23 3:52 pm |
| Signature | Elizabeth Palmer PA-C | 6/27/23 11:25 am |
| Agree with removal | Jessica Moore-Scheeler PA-C | 6/27/23 10:44 am |
| Agree | R Isdell, PA-C | 6/27/23 8:36 am |
| Prescription burdensome regulation | Mark Ford, PA-C | 6/27/23 6:11 am |
| Agreed | Rachel Bastianelli, PA-C | 6/26/23 11:56 pm |
| Agreed | Sarah Hamaker, PA-C | 6/26/23 8:08 pm |
| Adding patient's care team physician name an unnecessary obstacle. | Emily Revenson, PA-C | 6/26/23 8:29 am |
| Agree with removal | Anonymous (217442) | 6/25/23 3:05 pm |
| Agree to amend | Anonymous (217439) | 6/25/23 1:08 pm |
| Agree with Removal of this Requirement | Dara Wotherspoon, PA-C | 6/25/23 11:26 am |
| Physician’s information should not be required to be provided when PA prescribe medications | Tatsiana Singh, Commonwealth Primary Care | 6/24/23 7:07 pm |
| Unnecessary Regulation | Bettie Rogers | 6/22/23 5:12 pm |
| 18VAC 85-50-160 | Sara Nicely | 6/22/23 2:06 pm |
| Agree | Anonymous (217419) | 6/22/23 12:21 pm |
| In favor of repealing this unnecessary burden to patient care | Patrick Ketchersid PA-C | 6/22/23 12:15 pm |
| Unnecessary requirement | H. Slezak PA-C | 6/20/23 10:13 pm |
| I agree | Rosemary Lethbridge | 6/20/23 12:02 pm |
| Support Regulatory Change to 18VAC85-50-160 | Robert A. Glasgow IV, PA-C, MPAS, MPH | 6/19/23 10:12 pm |
| Upcoming legislation | Anonymous (217298) | 6/19/23 9:22 am |
| Both misleading and non-helpful | Lorick Fox, PA-C, AACC, DFAAPA | 6/18/23 3:27 am |
| I agree | Ashley Greer, PA-C | 6/17/23 1:45 pm |
| Agree | Dakota Nolden PA-C | 6/17/23 10:18 am |
| Barrier to patient care | Tiffany Wormuth | 6/17/23 12:16 am |
| Agree | Rebecca Bae | 6/16/23 4:53 pm |
| Barrier to patient care | Kayla Jones, PA-C | 6/16/23 4:36 pm |
| Barriers to patient care | Chris Newlin, PA-C | 6/16/23 4:30 pm |
| Support regulatory change | Kathleen Scarbalis PA-C | 6/15/23 11:58 am |
| Unreasonable requirement | Al Wilkins | 6/14/23 11:13 pm |
| Barrier to care | Bobby Cockram | 6/14/23 3:25 pm |
| Support | Gerald Weniger, PhD, PA-C | 6/12/23 11:25 am |
| Barrier to patient care | Stephanie Bork, Virginia Commonwealth University | 6/9/23 4:46 pm |
| Removal of language that collaborating physician name be on PA prescriptions | Portia Tomlinson, PA-C, DFAAPA | 6/7/23 6:02 pm |
| Barrier to Patient Care | Kim Ketchersid | 6/7/23 12:47 pm |
| Agree | Emily M. Waller, DMSc, PA-C | 6/6/23 11:06 am |
| PAs are licensed medical professionals and are required to have DEA licenses | Phillip Davis | 6/5/23 8:48 pm |
| burden to all | L DeWitz PA-C | 6/5/23 4:40 pm |
| Unhelpful | S. Widner | 6/5/23 4:28 pm |
| burdensome and unhelpful | K Yoder, PA-C | 6/5/23 3:32 pm |
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