WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4765

By Delegate Burkhammer

[Introduced January 16, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization]

A BILL to amend and reenact §5-30-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to exempting healthcare workers' addresses from being made public.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Article 30. rosters of individuals authorized to practice professions, occupations, and trades.

§5-30-2. Roster of licensed, registered, or certified practitioners to be made available to the public.

The secretary or director of every board, commission, agency, or entity that issues licenses, registrations, or certificates, or otherwise authorizes individuals to practice a profession, occupation, or trade in this state, shall prepare and maintain a complete roster of the names and mailing addresses of all persons licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise authorized to practice in this state the profession, occupation, or trade to which such board, commission, agency, or entity relates, arranged alphabetically by name. and also by the municipalities or counties in which their mailing addresses are situated Each such board, commission, agency, or entity shall make the roster available upon request to any member of the public and shall also place and maintain the roster on its website if it maintains one.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt healthcare workers' addresses from being made public.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.