HB2098 H VAHS 2-4

            The Committee on Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security moves to amend the bill on page 1, after the enacting clause, after line 15, by striking the remainder of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

            “That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-3-11b; and to further amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-14-12c, all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3. WEST VIRGINIA MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT.

§30-3-11b. License to practice medicine and surgery at certain state veterans nursing home facilities.

            (a) The board shall issue a license to practice medicine and surgery in this state without examination to a physician that currently holds a license to practice medicine and surgery at a Federal Veterans Administration Hospital upon completion of an application form prescribed by the board and who presents satisfactory proof to the board that he or she is currently employed and practicing in a Federal Veterans Administration Hospital that is located in a county in which a nursing home operated by the West Virginia Department of Veteran’s Assistance is located.

            (b) The medical practice for which a physician is licensed under this section is limited to practice in a nursing home operated by the West Virginia Department of Veteran’s Assistance that is located in the same county in which the Federal Veterans Administration Hospital where the individual is employed.

            (c) No fee may be assessed to an individual licensed or seeking licensure pursuant to this section.

            (d) The board shall propose emergency rules pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen, article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this section.

ARTICLE 14. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

§30-14-12c. License to practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon at certain state veterans nursing home facilities.

                  (a) The board shall issue a license to practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon in this state without examination to a physician that currently holds a license to practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon at a Federal Veterans Administration Hospital upon completion of an application form prescribed by the board and who presents satisfactory proof to the board that he or she is currently employed and practicing in a Federal Veterans Administration Hospital that is located in a county in which a nursing home operated by the West Virginia Department of Veteran’s Assistance is located.

                  (b) The practice for which an osteopathic physician and surgeon is licensed under this section is limited to practice in a nursing home operated by the West Virginia Department of Veteran’s Assistance that is located in the same county in which the Federal Veterans Administration Hospital where the individual is employed.

                  (c) No fee may be assessed to an individual licensed or seeking licensure pursuant to this section.

               (d) The board shall propose emergency rules pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen, article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this section.”

Adopted

Rejected