Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Health Professions
 
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Board of Medicine
 
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Regulations Governing the Licensure of Surgical Assistants and Registration of Surgical Technologists [18 VAC 85 ‑ 160]
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8/16/22  2:05 pm
Commenter: Erica Dorliae

AMEND 18VAC85-160-51 B.1. to include NCCT
 

I am a Surgical Technology graduate of a college in VA, and my husband is serving in the U.S Navy. Immediately upon graduation in 2021, I moved to Louisiana and was hired to work as an ST in New Orleans, LA. That year the law changed in Virginia which potentially will prohibit me from being able to ever come back to VA to work as a ST because I cannot sit for the NBSTSA exam. I can only take the NCCT certification as my school at the time I graduated only offered the NCCT exam. I hope that this law can be amended so that when I return to my home in Virginia after my husband completes his service time, I can work in my field as a Surgical Technologist. Please amend this law to include NCCT. I want to be able to get certified. 

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