West Virginia Legislature

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 399

By Senator Woodrum

[Introduced January 20, 2023; 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 Registered Nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to limited prescriptive authority for nurses in advanced practice.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for Department of Miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Board of Registered Nurses.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 26, 2022, authorized under the authority of §30-7-15a of this code, modified by the Board of Registered Nurses to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on November 10, 2022, relating to the Board of Registered Nurses (limited prescriptive authority for nurses in advanced practice, 19 CSR 08), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Registered Nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to limited prescriptive authority for nurses in advanced practice.

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