H. B. 2196
(By Delegates Gallagher, Douglas, Compton,
Linch, Faircloth and Riggs)
(Introduced January 23, 1995; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.)
A BILL to amend and reenact section eighteen, article nine, chapter
sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the
board of examiners for registered professional nurses to
promulgate legislative rules relating to requirements for
licensure and registration.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eighteen, article nine, chapter sixty-four of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-9-18. Board of examiners for registered professional nurses.
(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
thirteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred eighty-three,
relating to the board of examiners for registered professional nurses
(qualifications of graduates of foreign nursing schools for admission
to the professional nurse licensing examination), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety, 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 the twenty-eighth day of September,
one thousand nine hundred ninety, relating to the board of examiners
for registered professional nurses (announcement of advanced nursing
practice), are authorized.
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
tenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two,
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 the nineteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, relating to the
board of examiners for registered professional nurses (limited
prescriptive authority for nurses in advanced practice), are
authorized.
(d) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three,
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 the eleventh day of
January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the board
of examiners for registered professional nurses (disciplinary
action), are authorized.
(e) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three,
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 the eleventh day of
January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the board
of examiners for registered professional nurses (standards for
professional nursing practice), are authorized.
(f) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four,
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 the twenty-eighth day
of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the
board of examiners for registered professional nurses (requirements
for licensure and registration), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of
Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to promulgate
legislative rules relating to requirements for licensure and
registration.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.