Senate Bill No. 511
(By Senator Bowman)
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[Introduced January 31, 2008; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §30-1-12 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring state boards of
examination or registration to maintain a permanent public
office space to conduct board business.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §30-1-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF
EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.
§30-1-12. Record of proceedings; register of applicants;
certified copies of records prima facie evidence;
report to Governor and Legislature; public access.
(a) The secretary of every board shall keep a record of its
proceedings and a register of all applicants for license or
registration, showing for each the date of his or her application, his or her name, age, educational and other qualifications, place
of residence, whether an examination was required, whether the
applicant was rejected or a certificate of license or registration
granted, the date of this action, the license or registration
number, all renewals of the license or registration, if required,
and any suspension or revocation thereof. The books and register
of the board shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable
times, and the books and register, or a copy of any part thereof,
certified by the secretary and attested by the seal of the board,
shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein.
(b) On or before the first day of January of each year in
which the Legislature meets in regular session, the board shall
submit to the Governor and to the Legislature a report of its
transactions for the preceding two years, an itemized statement of
its receipts and disbursements for that period, a full list of the
names of all persons licensed or registered by it during that
period, statistical reports by county of practice, by specialty if
appropriate to the particular profession, and a list of any
complaints which were filed against persons licensed by the board,
including any action taken by the board regarding those complaints.
The report shall be certified by the president and the secretary of
the board, and a copy of the report shall be filed with the
Secretary of State and with the legislative librarian.
(c) To promote public access,
every board shall maintain a permanent public office space to conduct board business and the
secretary of every board shall ensure that the address and
telephone number of the board are included every year in the state
government listings of the Charleston area telephone directory.
Every board shall regularly evaluate the feasibility of adopting
additional methods of providing public access, including, but not
limited to, listings in additional telephone directories, toll-free
telephone numbers, facsimile and computer-based communications.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require state boards of
examination or registration to maintain a permanent public office
space to conduct board business.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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