Bill-LPN, Legal
H. B. 2355
(By Delegates Douglas, Hunt, Compton, Faircloth, Linch
and Riggs)
[Introduced March 3, 1997; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization then the Judiciary
.]
A BILL to amend article nine, chapter sixty-four of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new
section, designated section eight, relating to
authorizing the board of licensed practical nurses to
promulgate a legislative rule relating to legal
standards of nursing practice for the licensed
practical nurse.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section,
designated section eight, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND
BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-9-8. Board of licensed practical nurses.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on
the fifteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-six, under the authority of section five, article
seven-a, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the
board of licensed practical nurses to meet the objections
of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled
in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of
September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating
to the board of licensed practical nurses (legal standards
of nursing practice for the licensed practical nurse, 10
CSR 3), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the
Board of Licensed Practical Nurses to promulgate a
legislative rule relating to Legal Standards of Nursing
Practice for the Licensed Practical Nurse.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.