WEST virginia legislature

2016 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 160

By Senator Maynard

[Introduced January 13, 2016;
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Examiners in Counseling to promulgate a legislative rule relating to licensed professional counselor license renewal and continuing professional education requirements.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for Miscellaneous Agencies and Boards to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Board of Examiners in Counseling.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 28, 2015, authorized under the authority of section five, article thirty-one, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the Board of Examiners in Counseling to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 29, 2015, relating to the Board of Examiners in Counseling (licensed professional counselor license renewal and continuing professional education requirements, 27 CSR 3), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Examiners in Counseling to promulgate a legislative rule relating to licensed professional counselor license renewal and continuing professional education requirements.

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