ENROLLED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 3051

(By Delegates Border and Perdue)


[Passed April 14, 2001; in effect July 1, 2001.]



AN ACT to amend and reenact section nine-a, article five, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the board of pharmacy to amend its licensing procedure through legislative rulemaking to include biennial licenses.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section nine-a, article five, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§30-5-9a. Authorization for future fee modifications to be made by rule and authorizing biennial licenses by rule.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, beginning on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, the board may set any fee authorized under this article by legislative rule, in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
(b) The board may, by legislative rule, in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, amend its licensing procedure to include biennial licensing with a staggered implementation schedule and a fee structure.