Bill-Massage 194CSR1
H. B. 2644

(By Delegates Mahan, Cann, Kominar and Faircloth)


[Introduced January 24, 2003; 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 nineteen, relating to authorizing the massage therapy licensure board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the board.

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 nineteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-19. Massage therapy licensure board.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand two, under the authority of section six, article thirty-seven, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the massage therapy licensure board to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of November, two thousand two, relating to the massage therapy licensure board (general provisions, 194 CSR 1), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Massage Therapy Licensure Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Board.

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