WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2022 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 383

By Senator Sypolt

[Introduced January 17, 2022; 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 Board of Registered Professional Nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to limited prescriptive authority for nurses in advanced practice.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for Miscellanous Agencies and Board to promulgate Legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Board of Registered Professional Nurses.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on May 10, 2021, authorized under the authority of §30-7-15a of this code, relating to the Board of Registered Professional Nurses  (Limited Prescriptive Authority for Nurses in Advanced Practice, 19 CSR 08), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Registered Professional Nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Limited Prescriptive Authority for Nurses in Advanced Practice.

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