WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2022 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4333
By Delegates Steele and Foster
[Introduced January 21, 2022; Referred to the Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-26-21, relating to sunset the Board of Hearing-Aid Dealers and Fitters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 26. HEARING-AID DEALERS AND FITTERS.
§30-26-21. Sunset provision; effective date.
The State Board of Hearing-Aid Dealers and Fitters established in this article shall terminate on June 30, 2023, unless continued by the Legislature. Pursuant to §4-10-12 and §4-13-13 of this code, the board shall commence all necessary activities pertinent to the wind-up of all board related activities. Hearing aids, meaning any wearable device or instrument intended to aid, improve, or compensating for defective or impaired human hearing, may be advertised for mail-order sale in any advertising medium and sold by mail-order sale to any person in this state.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to sunset the Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.