WEST virginia legislature

2022 regular session

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 4333

By Delegates Steele and Foster

[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization; January 26, 2022]

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 §4-10-13 of this code, the board shall commence all necessary activities pertinent to the wind-up of all board related activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of code 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.