On August 18, 2020, your Academy’s State Advocacy Committee released a call to action asking all members in Virginia to send a customizable email to the Education and Health Committee in opposition to Senate Bill (SB) 5070. This legislation proposes to reduce the number of years of full-time clinical experience a nurse practitioner must have to be eligible to practice without a written or electronic practice agreement from five years to two years. Learn more about what your Academy is doing to defend physiatrists' scope of practice.