WEST virginia legislature

2023 regular session

ENROLLED

Committee Substitute

for

Senate Bill 247

By Senator Woodrum

[Passed March 10, 2023; in effect 90 days from passage]

AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-1-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to making administrative appeals and judicial review of board action subject to provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.

§30-1-9. Administrative appeal of board action; judicial review.

(a) A person, not an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law, who has been  denied a license or registration; whose certificate, license, registration, or authority has been suspended or revoked; or against whom disciplinary action has been otherwise imposed may appeal the final decision of the board.  

(b) All proceedings in the appeal of the board’s action, and any judicial review thereof, shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of §29A-5-1 et seq. of this code and any procedural rules adopted by the board pursuant thereto.