Senate Bill No. 450

(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Ball, Dawson,

Kessler, McCabe, Minard, Redd, Snyder,

Boley and Minear)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;


reported February 10, 2000.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section eighteen, article three, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the board of medicine.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eighteen, article three, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. WEST VIRGINIA MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT.
§30-3-18. Continuation of board.

The board of medicine shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand one, pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, to allow for the completion of a preliminary performance review by the joint committee on government operations.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the board of medicine until July 1, 2001, pursuant to the provisions of the West Virginia sunset law.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates language that would be added.

This bill is recommended by the joint committee on government operations for passage during the regular 2000 legislative session.)