WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2019 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 211

By Senator Maynard

[Introduced January 10, 2019; Referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to requirements for registration and licensure, and conduct constituting professional misconduct.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for Miscellaneous Agencies and Boards to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2018, authorized under the authority of §30-5-7 of this code, modified by the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on November 28, 2018, relating to the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses (requirements for registration and licensure and conduct constituting professional misconduct, 19 CSR 3), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to requirements for registration and licensure and conduct constituting professional misconduct.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.