WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 404

By Senator Maynard

[Introduced January 14, 2020; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Massage Therapy Licensure Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Massage Therapy Licensure Board.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on September 24, 2019, authorized under the authority of §30-1-24 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 November 7, 2019, relating to the Massage Therapy Licensure Board (consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations, 194 CSR 06), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Massage Therapy Licensure Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations.

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