Bill-Respiratory, Licensure
H. B. 2370


(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 respiratory care to promulgate a legislative rule relating to procedures for the licensure application process.

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 respiratory care.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, under the authority of section six, article thirty-four, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the board of respiratory care
to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the board of respiratory care (procedures for licensure application process , 30 CSR 1), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Respiratory Care
to promulgate a legislative rule relating to pProcedures for the Licensure Application Process .

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