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Northam signs legislation to authorize more medical professionals to administer COVID-19 vaccine
1 minutes Posted Feb 17, 2021 at 8:00 pm.
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Emergency legislation that would allow dentists, other health care professionals and some medical students, to administer COVID-19 vaccines has been signed by Governor Ralph Northam and becomes law immediately. Senate Bill 1445, sponsored by Senator Siobhan S. Dunnavant (R-Henrico) and House Bill 2333, sponsored by Delegate Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond) would permit any qualified and available health care provider in Virginia to volunteer to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Virginia dentists have already been preparing to apply their experience and expertise toward the collective fight against the coronavirus, according to the Virginia Dental Association, which represents more than 3,900 member dentists across the...

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